Lyon's Pride - 4 by Anne McCaffrey

Author:Anne McCaffrey [McCaffrey, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Telepathy - Fiction, Fantasy, Life on Other Planets, Life on Other Planets - Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Talking Books, Telepathy, Fiction
ISBN: 9780399139079
Google: ohPzAAAAMAAJ
Amazon: 0441001416
Publisher: Ace
Published: 1994-03-15T07:00:00+00:00

her mother generally kept them in, beside the tool

and opened the access panel.

`D’you think it’ll restart?’ Laria asked.

`Probably,’ Kincaid said, `but I think there’s something wrong with the d lines or there wouldn’t have been that backfire.’ `I’ll check the intakes,’ Thian said and levered himself down for a good look at the hooded opening on the starboard side of the sled.

`Good heavens, Thian, why not just “look”?’ Flavia asked.

`More fun to tinker when I have the chance,’ Thian said, his voice muffled by his position. `Yeah, flight pinions clogging this one.

Check the other, will you?

Laria? Flavia?’ Flavia made a sound of disgust, totally out of character to her elegant exterior. She deposited a bloodied clump beside the mess Thian had extracted.

`Couldn’t we just `port back to the Tower?’ she asked.

`What?’ Laria asked, `and admit that we came a cropper?’ `Any tools on board?’ Kincaid asked, holding up a very greasy-looking object.

`I doubt it,’ Laria said. `This sled’s only used for short hops.

The big sled has a full kit, of course.’ `No-one’s using it today, are they?’ Thian asked.

`I don’t think so.’ Laria concentrated, `found’ the mass of the big sled in its garage, `located’ the tool kit, and `ported it to a spot by Kincaid’s feet.

`Thanks,’ he said and, opening the metal locker, began to search for the tool he needed. `No rags?’ he asked querulously.

`Here!’ Laria dumped a pile, scavenged from the bin kit.

Flavia watched another moment and then, turning, leisurely began to venture from the scene of the crash to examine the clumps of little blooms.

`Any toxic plants I should be aware of?’ she asked Laria.

`None,’ Laria replied absently, more interested in Kincaid, the mechanic, for he went about cleaning the component with a competent air.

Thian cleared all the intake openings.

`That’s done, but I don’t think that was the whole problem. Xexo usually keeps this serviced,’ he said with a frown.

`Xexo usually does but we don’t know when he did it last and Mother said Morag’s allowed to drive now.

`Hey, that’s not fair,’ Thian cried with mock indignation. `We were at least fifteen before we were allowed and she’s only thirteen!

Laria grinned at her brother. `I suspect they may miss us and have had to revise a few directives now they’re down on staff Besides, Morag’s capable.’ `I think we have to get to the filel injection and clear the line,’ Kincaid said.

`That’s underneath,’ Laria said, pointing to the bottom of the sled.

`No problem!’ The two men said it simultaneously, grinned at each other, and the sled slowly rose to a suitable height to allow them to work easily on its underside.

She could see Flavia off in the distance, picking wild flowers, occasionally holding a bloom up for inspection and smelling it for scent. Not many had any aroma but none that Laria could see in the immediate area were the stinkweeds which had a reek that could linger in nasal passages for days.

`I’ll hold the sled up if that’ll free you up to do the nitty-gritty,’ she offered, leaning comfortably against a boulder.

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