Chapter 4Tekmann’s deep baritone voicecame onthe line. Cajun and I have passable singing voices, but when Tekbelts out a song, it’s mesmerizing. Singing, though, is only hishobby, even if he probably could have made a living at it. But hisexpertise is weapons. “Tek, I assume you have looked at thesphere.” “Yes. An amazing structure. Neverseen anything like it before.” “Let’s hope we don’t see anythinglike it again. Any idea of how to stop it?” “I hate to tell you this, sir, but asof now I have no idea at all.” The baritone voice sounded evenlower than usual. “Shucks, I was hoping you’d give meat least three options.” “You can’t make an informeddecision about an enemy unless you have some information. None ofourscanners have given us any facts about this thing, major. When wefirst bec