Loopshard

“We were just following the mimic, when suddenly he ran to his strange airship and dove down below the settlement. Ellen kept me from jumping on board his ship, but she wasn’t able to stop Cathy,” Jabari said, speaking quickly.

“That was truly foolish,” Lasse remarked.

“If we lost sight of him, then we might never have found him again!” Jabari argued. “He knew I was onto him. Just like how I had whispers in my head telling me he was near, he too must’ve heard something, because he was watching me really closely.”

So I was right, he did hear whispers when he found the mimic. That’s good to know. I thought that maybe the mimic would defend itself, but perhaps it’s too attached to its role to want to give it up, or maybe it’s not as strong as a human mimic?

The Cloud Skimmer ship swerved right around an island and disappeared from sight. Thanks to Adam’s ability to sense all of the people on board, except for the mimic, he knew they had come to a stop and were lying in wait for them on the other side.

“Why are you slowing down??” Jabari asked Adam.

“Get to the cannons,” he told them. “Julie and Lasse stay on the main deck and prepare to take out the pirates.”

Jabari looked poised to say something, but Ellen quickly dragged him below deck.

Adam slowly coasted them around the left side of the island, gliding the Hippogriff sideways so that its bow and starboard cannons would have full visibility of the enemy ship.