Ethan still couldn't believe how fast Shatterstar moved—and the fact that it gave him precise travel times only made it feel more like a miracle of advanced engineering. A machine born of a high-tech universe, and now his to command.
His quiet exchange with Shatterstar was completely inaudible to Julian and the others, which made him grin. This was going to be quite the surprise for Julian later.
[Destination is five minutes away. Would you like to halt and forge the weapon before continuing?]
"Yes. Stop."
Shatterstar's intelligence was evolving by the day; now it even knew when to remind him of important steps. KH3106 had once told him that Shatterstar wasn't the most advanced artificial intelligence ever built, but what it lacked in raw power, it made up for with the ability to learn and adapt.
That thought brought a pang of sorrow. KH3106. Ethan had seen the man's story locked within Shatterstar's memory banks.
