As soon as Grandfather said those words, the Watch immediately went silent. I tapped the face of the Watch again, but nothing happened. The Watch seemed to have turned off.
Still, I said, “Grandfather, are you still there? Can you hear me? Hello? Grandfather?”
“Sounds like the Watch shut down,” said Christina. She had leaned forward when Grandfather spoke through the Watch, but sat back against the wall of the hollow with a slightly puzzled look on her face. “Though I wonder how he managed to speak through it.”
Lowering the Watch, I said, “Me, too. I didn’t even know that you could communicate through the Watch.”
“That’s not what I mean,” said Christina. “Gregory is supposed to be a prisoner. I know for a fact that prisoners are not allowed any sort of contact with the outside world wh
