"Don't try anything," he said.
Idiot. I really wanted to show him how stupid he was being but the cuffs wouldn't do me any harm. I let him bring my right arm down and then the cool bands of the cuffs snaked around my wrists. It felt like a snake had just crawled around my wrists in a figure eight.
"Come on."
He prodded me, and I walked out around the crate. There were three officers around Dyami. He sat looking around with a bewildered expression. He saw me and his big mouth gaped.
Nothing came out that I could hear, but my teeth vibrated. He tapped his translator. More vibrations through the soles of my feet but no sound from the device.
"Is it intelligent?" One of the officers around Dyami asked.
"Yes."
"Be quiet," the officer who had cuffed me said. He shoved me a bit. I was begi
