Golden Torc - 2 by Julian May

Author:Julian May [May, Julian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Time Travel, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, High Tech, American
ISBN: 9780547892450
Google: ZYgv758W_YoC
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1982-01-27T08:00:00+00:00

"Getting cold feet, Sister?" the big Native American inquired. "This is war. If you're squeamish, you'd better stay with Madame and Claude."

The old woman's face was troubled. "It might be best, ma Soeur."

"No!" said Felice. "You agreed to help where you were needed most, Amerie. And that's with us. We can't risk another stupid disaster like Peo's pig screwing up the assault. This time, the doctor goes along."

"I'll do my best," the nun insisted. "I told you that I would.

Just settle on a plan and I'll follow it."

"Let me suggest," Basil said, "that we rethink the role of Aiken Drum. Is it really necessary for us to wait until we reach Muriah before contacting him to enlist his help?" The rest of them looked at the climber, not understanding.

"We might try to farspeak him from here," Basil explained. "Let the young man know we're coming. Insure that he's there waiting for us. Perhaps even present the problem of the Spear to him so that he can be thinking about it in advance of our arrival." Madame began to protest, but Basil held up a tactful hand. "I know that Madame Guderian has doubts about her ability to farspeak over great distances-as well as farspeaking on the intimate mode. But it's occurred to me that we might utilize your other friend, Elizabeth, in a telepathic relay."

"Say!" Claude exclaimed.

"You did tell us, Madame, that you perceived Elizabeth's farspeech shortly after Group Green arrived in the Pliocene. Surely by now the woman's faculties must have recuperated to the extent that she could receive your own transmission on-er-tight beam, even if it were a bit wavery, so to speak." Madame said, "I doubt that I have the competence. Elizabeth's thought flickered past me in an instant. I did not-how shall I say it?-store the data of her mental signature." Felice jumped to her feet. "I could help you, Madame! We wouldn't have to farspeak Elizabeth on the intimate mode to get her attention. A simple shout at top volume on the human command mode would do it. All Elizabeth needs to know is that we're out here hollering. Her seekersense could surely zero in on us and then pick up Madame's weakie-squeakie on the very narrow focus."

The old woman frowned at the eager girl. "Other minds might be equally capable of tracking down the source of our telepathic loudhail."

"Not if we handle it my way! Felice exulted. "What we do-early tomorrow we synchronize timepieces and I go ten or twenty kloms back up the North Road. Then we simulcast at predetermined intervals! If we farspeak that way, the Tanu can't possibly get an accurate fix on the double shout. But an operant like Elizabeth shouldn't have any trouble sorting the mental patterns of the two of us and tracking Madame when she throttles back to the intimate mode."

"It could work," Amerie said.

Chief Burke growled, "None of this makes much sense to a poor old redskin shyster like me. But let's try it."

"It sounds medium crafty," Khalid said, "provided Felice and Madame can mesh brains.

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