Everyone in Atlantis knew about the birds. They were devices that Ahab used to spy on his people. There were no real birds anymore. They either died off or were genetically modified as killing machines to destroy everything in sight.
In truth, Amaris was impressed by Stephen. He did not argue or complain, he just took the bellum (gun?) and fired away at the birds. She wished they had better terrain for this. There were at least two hundred birds swooping down at them. And their beaks were lethal, but they had to do something. Either Ahab would find out all their secrets and kill them all, or they fight and maybe come out alive. This was the best they could do.
Amaris knew Lyla was already working on hacking into the frequency. Until this had also been accomplished, the only thing they co
