He adjusted the location of the microphone so he could hear her whisper. “Remember,” he told her, “I can get us out of here in a hurry.” He reminded her how he had shifted the extensible across the vast expanse of space separating Karata from Jaffna. “Ready?”
She nodded and turned her gaze toward Nuwara Eliya.
He picked a break in the traffic and joined the flow into the city, capable of going far faster but intuiting that Jayani preferred the pace of the travelers around them.
Instantly, a man weaving a headscarf challenged them. “You're the former Protector Kulitivu, aren't you? You're banished!” He stood in front of them as though to block the bulky extensible from moving any further.
“I am Guardian Kulitivu,” Jayani whispered, “and I bring the remains of my brother Guardian Malik K
