The blue sky stretched on forever over a forest of tall conifers in Northern Ontario. Peering through the canopy window of his shuttle, Jack found himself mystified by just how much of this planet remained untouched by civilization. They were coming up on the coordinates Ven had given.
Jack sat in the pilot"s seat with his hands on the control console, his posture stiff as he squinted through the window. “Just another minute or so,” he said for Harry"s benefit. “Really, the computer does most of the work.”
“It"s all right, kid; I trust you.”
Jack winced, trembling as he drew in a hissing breath. “Yeah…” he said, tapping in a few commands on the console. “It"s just that this is my first flight without supervision, and I remember my family"s joking about getting their affairs in order eve
