I said, “Sorry. You ready to fly this thing?”
“Sure.” He tapped a large touchscreen where a radio would normally be. “I uploaded Demonfly's program. Nice software.”
“Blondie wrote it.” Pang…
“I have a clear GPS signal on her. Are the controls universal?”
I nodded. All autonomous UAVs had similar flight control systems.
He became eager. “Like my favorite video games.”
“Except in video games the people who die are just zeroes and ones.”
“True.” He stared at the blank screen, suddenly grave.
I knuckled his shoulder. “Let's fly.”
I got out, closed the door. Shocker found me and gestured, Found a spot. Big Guns and I each took a side of the drone and lifted, carrying it over the mud, following the girl-beast to a narrow strip of pavement that angled down a slight hill. At the end was a
