Shepard’s“Mother,” Jocara said, “note the coordinates on the sphere for our present location. Then take us one hundred klicks west, drop slowly to one hundred meters above the surface, and move slowly toward those coordinates.”
As Mother took them through the maneuvers, eKim said, “This is flowing like heavy syrup in winter. It’s slower than an ancient, propeller-driven aircraft.”
“We still use those on Arcan,” Jocara said. “At least for short distances. It would be fun to compare ours with yours.”
“Fat chance,” eKim said. “Everyone on Earth uses portals now. The only place you would find an airplane is in a museum or in the back yard of one of those crazy people who build ancient aircraft for fun.”
“It is strange,” Kenred said, “considering that this craft is capable of instantaneous
