Tress held hands with Dafna and the girls trotted to keep up with their teacher. E'bett knew how to hurry without looking like she was running. Why didn’t she react to what that man said? Why didn’t the other girls? Maybe they were scared. He scared her. Tress wanted to ask how that man was able to speak without moving his lips, and why he would say such things to them. Or was he one of those people that Security Chief Decker complained about a few decs ago? The ones who believed their thoughts and ideas were so important that everyone needed to hear them, even if they were rude and made no sense? Was that man a crazy person?
Lt.
Sh'hari from Defender Security was waiting for them when they stepped
out onto the main corridor. She winked at the girls and spoke into her
wristband communicator, acknowledging transfer of the "packages." The
girls giggled, knowing she meant them. In moments, E'bett hurried away, and the
four girls turned around with their new escort. It was time to go back to the ship.
Tress
was sure E'bett would report the crazy man, but maybe she would be so busy with
the priority communication that came by courier ship, she might forget. She
told Sh'hari about the man, and what she could remember of what he said.
"No,
he didn't," Jayna said.
Tress opened her mouth to argue, but Dafna nodded and Kati echoed Jayna.
"All he did was ask if Mestra E'bett was a teacher,” Jayna said.
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