“We’d better call Asborg.”
“Yes, and urge them to call Earth. And to dispatch a squadron to yon system, just in case; but I expect Earth and the Forerunners’ll be quick to reclaim their own.” Hebo smiled. “I don’t expect they’ll take what we’ve got away from us. In fact, they can’t, if we squirt the data along with our message. We’ll have enough to keep us busy for a good long while to come. Lord knows what we’ll find.”
“Greatness?”
“Fun, anyway. Discovery is, don’t you agree? Now let’s start
“And rest and rest,” she sighed. “Sleep and sleep.”
He smiled rather wryly. “I hope we’ll be in shape to use some of this last flight better than that. We’ll be mighty short on privacy for weeks or months, groundside.”
“There’ll be time afterward,” she promised. “Always.”
