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IT WAS MIDMORNING before we managed to get off the ground.
The glider flew low over the water before it rose into the air, turning and clearing the hills.
We’d informed Henri of the route we wanted to take: first to the south along the islands and shallow water that surrounded the research station. This was to convince Henri that we really were doing research, and studied the approaches to Mr Kray’s house.
A sealed road, a battery of solar panels, some strange contraptions with pipes sticking out of the sand. Thayu took pictures while I prepared the key ones to go to her father. He had been in range before we left but right now he was probably somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
Even Evi and Telaris helped. We looked like a proper research team.
We followed the shore north, past the
