The returning echo shocks brought audio pictures of forty Crassidens. The images twinged a nerve within Pheyus, as he remembered the last time he felt their presence. He wondered if these were the same False Orcas who had been so destructive on the day he lost Afalla.
The Tursiops began to pick up speed, and Pheyus felt their excitement. Shayla moved closer beside him, and he could sense the nervous water around her. He wondered how frantic his aura seemed to her.
Thoddy moved closer to the two Stenella. The intuitive Tursiops leader had no problem picking up the apprehension in the wakes of the smaller tag-a-longs. His aura was comforting and strong, which gave Pheyus only a slight relief. For the Tursiops, this was simply another opportunity for a romp with larger whales. They had ne
