Phelan said, “I hear what you’re saying, Flahive, but I’m also wary of bringing these creatures aboard my ship if they’re killers, as everyone’s saying.”
“I think I may be able to shed some light on that also,” Flahive replied. “Doctor Sparks was saying that he enters a kind of trance or coma when he does something to threaten the Paths, and that they kill any living thing that might cause them serious harm. I didn’t discuss this reaction with the Paths as I wasn’t aware of it at the time that I spoke with them, but if I had to guess, I’d say that they aren’t intentionally killing their victims. I believe that the Paths’ only defense is their access to the dimension where they usually live. I believe they are stopping their victims’ actions by sending them temporarily or permanently into
