Beth smiled. "Would you like a guarantee of our good faith?"
"What do you mean?"
To the womb-bound godling she said, "Link us."
Before Harris had a chance to react a strange brightness flooded over him; he seemed to be floating far above his body. With a jolt he realized where he was.
He was looking into the mind of the Medlin who called herself Beth Baldwin. And he saw none of the hideous things he had expected to find in a Medlin mind.
He saw faith and honesty, and a devotion to the truth. He saw dogged courage. He saw many things that filled him with humility.
The linkage broke.
Beth said, "Now find the mind of his leader Carver, and link him to that."
"No," Harris protested. "Don't—"
It was too late.