Whoa. I paused. Now this was interesting. Suri thought the Odoks were somehow manipulating things. Well, well. I’d always suspected some kind of intelligence behind my own adventures. I’d never mentioned my suspicions to Jack, or talked about my past before I’d ended up on the arena ship in this body. Could the Odoks be the agents of my own deliverance from my death on Earth, and the ensuing adventures I’d endured?
“Tell me more.”
He did. He told me about her theories about the Odok’s traveling to other time and space regions and forwarded me a recording.
“I’m going to listen to this right now, Jack. Let’s talk tonight.”
“I’ve got a few calls to make, and then I’m gonna call it a day,” he decided. “I’ll see you soon, love.”
“Not soon enough, handsome.”
“I’ll put the whip to Tem.”
“I’m sure he’ll enjoy that, dear. Wait, don’t you walk home?”
“Indeed I do.”
“Silly. See you soon.”
“Au revoir.”
“Hasta luego.”
Jack was laughing when I hung up.
Chapter Thirteen
The God Remnant