Maii was directly behind him with Roche close on her tail, glancing back uneasily now and then to see whether they were being pursued.<Please stop doing that, Morgan,> said Maii. <It’s hard for me to see where I’m going when you keep looking over your shoulder.><I’m sorry, Maii,> Roche said, <It’s just...><Trust me, there’s no one following us,> said the girl. <The administer seems to be keeping to her word so far.>Ansourian stopped suddenly, ushering both Maii and Roche through a hatchway; he closed the heavy bulkhead behind them.“That’ll stop them,” he said, belligerently punching some commands into a keypad. “I’ve let the air out of the tunnels we just came through.”“I don’t think it’ll stop them,” said Roche. “At best it will only slow them down.”The small man shrugged but said nothing. Roche could see the hurt in his eyes.“You heard what she said, didn’t you?” she asked. He didn’t need to reply; his expression spoke volumes.
