Golden Rev. (06/12/20) 57.KYNES
A big one. You have good eyes.She leans back and selects a frequency, looking at a grid
chart on a roller over their heads. Speaks into a microphone:
KYNES (CONT'D)
Calling crawler Delta Ajax niner.
Wormsign warning! Acknowledge.After a moment a reply crackles back, casual and laconic:
CRAWLER RADIOMAN (V.O.)
Who calls Delta Ajax niner? Over.GURNEY
They seem pretty calm about it.KYNES
(into microphone)
Unlisted flight, Imperium business.
Wormsign north and east of you
three point seven kilometers.SPOTTER ONE PILOT (V.O.)
Delta Ajax niner, this is Spotter
One. Wormsign confirmed. Stand by
for contact fix.
(a crackle of static)
Worm is on intercept course your
position, contact in six minutes.CRAWLER RADIOMAN (V.O.)
Copy, Spotter One.GURNEY
What happens now?KYNES
They’ll call the carryall to lift
the crawler. They’ll harvest right
up to the last minute.Leto cranes his head around. He banks the ‘thopter past the
crawler’s sand plume. Scanning the horizon.
KYNES (CONT'D)
There.The carryall appears in the distance, flying slowly toward
the harvester. It seems this is no emergency for them.
The wormsign keeps coming, on a direct course to the crawler.
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