Realization of what was happening struck into Thettumir.
"We were fools—fools! Our fine new fleet was the result of materialized thought. We should have known that these materializations could no longer exist once we went beyond the field of influence of the forces that created them and held them together."
"We've got to stop!" Kasthel gasped. "We've got to turn back!"
Thettumir shook his crest sadly. "Our inertia is too great to overcome quickly. Before we could decelerate, we would already be far over the danger line. No, Kasthel, let us go instead to my cabin and have a last drink of glath."
They never reached the cabin.