Chapter 44
Jess sat, head in his hands, trying to understand what had happened. He recognised the anger that had washed over him when he killed all the hostage takers. No, slaughtered them. They hadn’t stood a chance. Some of them had deserved it but some… some hadn’t.
‘Why didn’t you stop me?’ He sent to the Wanderer.
The ship responded with its usual mix of images, feelings and more. Jess had no trouble understanding the meaning. His time with the ship had made its communication as natural as spoken words.
There was regret in its answer, regret for how he felt about what had happened and for not choosing a different path. The ship let him know that at the time it had agreed with his actions, had thought a short, very sharp, shock was needed to send a message to anyone else thi
