CARIAD SENT THE VID from the scanner up to the xenobiologists aboard the ship as soon as she returned to the settlement.
“How much are you going to tell people?” she asked Osias as they were discussing what to do at his Leader’s residence.
“I haven’t decided yet,” Osias replied. “I have to tell them something. Verney was with us and saw everything. He won’t keep quiet about it, but I wouldn’t ask him to anyway. Gens are very sensitive to being shut out from important information right now. But I don’t want everyone to panic either.”
“I don’t think that’s likely, do you?” Cariad asked. “The threads have kept to themselves as long as people didn’t stray too near the lake. I don’t see any reason their behavior should suddenly change, providing we don’t provoke them.”
“I guess you’re right
