her battleships?”
“Probably about a year before all fifty are completed. At that point, the Allies will be producing them in large numbers. It’s going to take that long to get the converters built along with the electrical systems used on them.”
Chris nodded at the four teenagers being dragged through the waves by their pods, “I’m taking the kindergarten out to take a look at the three galaxies. I need to see what’s going on. Once Loree can go out and take over the scouting, I’m going to stay here and focus on learning the capabilities of our new armor as well as organizing our fleets.”
Salud said, “I think that’s a good plan.”
“There’s one piece of it you might not like.”
“What is that?”
“Eve has contacted me telepathically and wants me to convince you to give her a training pod.” Salud and Lukas stared at Chris in silence and he said, “She tells me that you have told her no.”
“SHE’S ONLY SIX YEARS OLD!!”
“Chris raised his hands, “Hey, don’t kill the messenger!” They calmed down and Chris said, “I was nine years old before my telepathy developed. She’s far ahead of where I was at the same age. She’s listening to us right now.”
Salud’s eyes narrowed and she said, “THE ANSWER IS STILL NO!” Salud looked at Chris staring at her and said, “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!”
“Do you think it was any easier for Stoney and Mom to allow me to go and Eve is far ahead of where I was when they did it? It wasn’t so hard to allow someone else’s child to do it but you’re not willing to allow your own to do what is necessary for her development.” Salud stared daggers at Chris and he shrugged, “I’m just saying.”
“It was probably your talking with her telepathically that caused her to develop too quickly!”
Lukas looked at Salud, “Are you saying you don’t want her to develop at her pace but at a pace you choose for her?”
“Lukas, you can’t be agreeing with this!?”
“Ok, when?”
“When what?”
“When will you allow her to go out?” Salud stared at Lukas and shook her head. “It’s a simple question, when?”
Salud gritted her teeth and said, “Never!”
Lukas shook her head, “You left your parents when you were sixteen to enter college early against their wishes. Why didn’t you stay with them?”
Salud opened her mouth to scream at Lukas and stopped. She lowered her head and sighed heavily. After a few moments she said, “Because life was one long boring day after another. I had to find something to make me want to wake up in the mornings.”
Lukas reached over, put his hand on her chin, and lifted her face, “She’s just like her mother. If you try to hold her back, she’ll will hate you for it.”
Salud stared into Lukas’ eyes and felt her tears. “I always thought I would reconcile with my mother later. She died before I could.”
“What you experienced is what our daughter is feeling now.”
Salud sighed again and thought, “Is what he’s saying true?”
“Mom, my days feel like they’re forty eight hours long. I hate it.”
Salud looked at Lukas and said, “You may join in pod training.” All three of them heard eve’s telepathic shout of joy. “But promise me you’ll be careful!”
“I will, Mom. You know I will! This is incredible. I’m so excited! I’ll be careful!”
“Slow down, Eve. You will still come home at the end of every day.”
“May I bring my pod with me!?”
Salud looked at Lukas, “We’ll have a landing pad built for it, darling.”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!”
“We’ll discuss this when we get home.”
“Thank you soooooo much!”
Salud looked at Lukas, “I didn’t think about leaving my family.”
“Now you know how your parents felt.”
Salud nodded and slowly shook her head, “They’re up in heaven making me pay for it now.”
Chris listened to them and saw what love really looked like. Later after they left he heard,
“Probably about a year before all fifty are completed. At that point, the Allies will be producing them in large numbers. It’s going to take that long to get the converters built along with the electrical systems used on them.”
Chris nodded at the four teenagers being dragged through the waves by their pods, “I’m taking the kindergarten out to take a look at the three galaxies. I need to see what’s going on. Once Loree can go out and take over the scouting, I’m going to stay here and focus on learning the capabilities of our new armor as well as organizing our fleets.”
Salud said, “I think that’s a good plan.”
“There’s one piece of it you might not like.”
“What is that?”
“Eve has contacted me telepathically and wants me to convince you to give her a training pod.” Salud and Lukas stared at Chris in silence and he said, “She tells me that you have told her no.”
“SHE’S ONLY SIX YEARS OLD!!”
“Chris raised his hands, “Hey, don’t kill the messenger!” They calmed down and Chris said, “I was nine years old before my telepathy developed. She’s far ahead of where I was at the same age. She’s listening to us right now.”
Salud’s eyes narrowed and she said, “THE ANSWER IS STILL NO!” Salud looked at Chris staring at her and said, “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!”
“Do you think it was any easier for Stoney and Mom to allow me to go and Eve is far ahead of where I was when they did it? It wasn’t so hard to allow someone else’s child to do it but you’re not willing to allow your own to do what is necessary for her development.” Salud stared daggers at Chris and he shrugged, “I’m just saying.”
“It was probably your talking with her telepathically that caused her to develop too quickly!”
Lukas looked at Salud, “Are you saying you don’t want her to develop at her pace but at a pace you choose for her?”
“Lukas, you can’t be agreeing with this!?”
“Ok, when?”
“When what?”
“When will you allow her to go out?” Salud stared at Lukas and shook her head. “It’s a simple question, when?”
Salud gritted her teeth and said, “Never!”
Lukas shook her head, “You left your parents when you were sixteen to enter college early against their wishes. Why didn’t you stay with them?”
Salud opened her mouth to scream at Lukas and stopped. She lowered her head and sighed heavily. After a few moments she said, “Because life was one long boring day after another. I had to find something to make me want to wake up in the mornings.”
Lukas reached over, put his hand on her chin, and lifted her face, “She’s just like her mother. If you try to hold her back, she’ll will hate you for it.”
Salud stared into Lukas’ eyes and felt her tears. “I always thought I would reconcile with my mother later. She died before I could.”
“What you experienced is what our daughter is feeling now.”
Salud sighed again and thought, “Is what he’s saying true?”
“Mom, my days feel like they’re forty eight hours long. I hate it.”
Salud looked at Lukas and said, “You may join in pod training.” All three of them heard eve’s telepathic shout of joy. “But promise me you’ll be careful!”
“I will, Mom. You know I will! This is incredible. I’m so excited! I’ll be careful!”
“Slow down, Eve. You will still come home at the end of every day.”
“May I bring my pod with me!?”
Salud looked at Lukas, “We’ll have a landing pad built for it, darling.”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!”
“We’ll discuss this when we get home.”
“Thank you soooooo much!”
Salud looked at Lukas, “I didn’t think about leaving my family.”
“Now you know how your parents felt.”
Salud nodded and slowly shook her head, “They’re up in heaven making me pay for it now.”
Chris listened to them and saw what love really looked like. Later after they left he heard,
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