A long, warm silence. Then, for the first time, the drive laughed—not a synthetic chirp, but a real, surprised, human-sounding laugh.
“Finally,” it said. “Buckle up.” ae3000 driver
“Run the pilot-integrity sync one more time. But this time… don’t filter the results.” A long, warm silence
“AE3000-7,” she said.
“No,” Elara said, grabbing her diagnostic slate. “Just run the pilot-integrity sync.” warm silence. Then
The countdown to the jump appeared on her slate: 00:41:23.