“That was very clever of you Mac,” Kess said as they raced toward the end of the hallway.
“I just didn’t want those kids to get in harm’s way again. I felt if I made it sound like there may be trouble, then they’d all feel like they were really helping out.”
“Just having them warning Jhondar is help enough.” Kess slid into the wall as they rounded the corner for the last leg of their journey to the Demon Tunnel. She bent over for a second to catch her breath. “We have to talk to this world and get a better mode of transportation. Don’t they have little robots or something that could get us there quicker?”
“What’s a robot?” Rakmor asked.
“Don’t ask me. I’m still working on men who are E Males.” Kybil grabbed Kess’s arm as he ran by and pulled her off the wall.
They picked up speed as t
