“Sowe have to put up the ‘no trespassing’ sign on this place andmake sure no one ignores it.”
Inodded. “So did Lynneorn say anything else?”
“Nothingexcept she is very happy to have us here. She enjoys company andhadbemoaned she had only been left with an empty station. She wouldliketo say hello to the entire crew.”
“Wecan do that,” I said.
Chapter 13
Astrid touched my chest. Her fingerstapped my heart. But this wasn’t an act of affection. Long ago,some military strategist thought it might be useful to reviseprimitive methods of communication. At times, he reasoned, theymightcome in handy even during the space ages of faster-than-lightcommunication. Astrid tapped out the old-fashioned Morse code. Iwinked I had received the message and we kept walking. In severalminutes we were near the
