"But unless the Ship really is destroyed before their eyes...."
"I'll take it into hyperspace without a shield. One minute it will be there, the next minute it won't. Maybe they won't stop to figure it out."
"But you'll be killed!"
"Give me just one hour. Go on, damn it. Don't argue!" She seemed ready to cry. Then she bit her lip.
"But—Parr! Parr! I can't! How can I? You broke the comset!"
Parr's mind was dazed. He tried to think. "... Listen. Find the one Kal had! See if you can find that! You've got to, Lauri. It all depends on that. You've just got to find it!"
She hesitated.
"Don't argue," he insisted. "Hurry! They'll be after me any minute."
She seemed to want to say something.