Chapter 44
Clay locked gazes with Zeek. He needed to keep the older man talking, make Zeek see him as a person. He almost smiled at those terms. Did man or person have any meaning where Zeek was concerned? Clay had to hope they did.
“What are the options?” Clay asked.
“The simplest would be to kill you,” Zeek replied. “Not the easiest, we don’t find cold-blooded killing easy, but the simplest.”
“That’s not the only option then. That’s good. I hope.”
Zeek smiled slightly.
“Any other option leaves us with some major problems, though. If we let you go where you can reach other humans, either in your fighter or dropping you off somewhere, then you can tell them about us. You know enough details to make it convincing. Some would believe you, and they would seek to take our knowl
