Chapter Eleven
After an hour of jouncing over rutted tracks through snow that would have stopped any lesser vehicle, they reached a relatively smooth, ploughed road that led higher up into the mountains to the north. Now the speed increased, the trees flashing past on both sides. Suzy took switchbacks at a speed Lorn was used to, but which made Kiri gasp and grab the arms of her chair. “The computer is a very good judge of road conditions and safe cornering speeds,” he told her, amused, after the fifth time.
“No offense,” Kiri said, “but the computer in this thing is roughly equivalent to an abacus by my standards.”
Lorn “tsked” and patted Suzy’s dashboard. “Don’t listen to her, darling,” he said. “You’re doing wonderfully.”
“Darling?” Kiri said. “The closest thing to feminine companio
