Chapter Nine - The Doctor
These kids didn't need me. All they needed was a key.
The experiments are over. They saw to that. They tore the laboratories to pieces, there's nothing left bigger than a breadcrumb. Thirty children, ten kinetics, just did more than I could do in a week and they aren't even sweating.
I know who they are now. These are the Thirty. A legend from Duan says they were the first of the species. Well, by the time humans make contact with Duan in a few centuries it'll be a legend. First they have to grow up, learn to farm, have kids, all the stuff everyone does. They'll have no trouble. The seers can reach a thousand worlds from there, they can copy any technology they like.
And I'll go on. Alone. I was going to ask Chloe to come with me but I can't now, not since I saw them merge their minds like that. She belongs with them.
Time to go, kids. Off to a new world. All yours.
Not so far from humans as they like to think, this lot. Yes, it's bigger on the inside. Yes, that was a stupid question. Well done. Not many people notice that.