It might sound like they're being terrible people, but inherent in the jokes and laughing is the tacit agreement that, yes, the Coluans will be around to get Christmas presents. Whether or not they want gifts for an ancient, Earth born holiday, well, that's another story, and Robbie looks forward to whatever snark comes out of the exchange.
He doesn’t share Vance’s confidence in himself though. “I’m going to try – until they get here. After that…”
After that, he’s going to be too busy fighting them off to keep looking, and he’s afraid that it’s the wrong call. Robbie doesn’t think he’ll be able to make any other plan. Sacrifice the immediate lives for a hypothetical idea that maybe there’s a way to hide a large chunk of the population once the rapidly increasing infected are in this zone? “There’s no good ideas.”
He gives Vance an appraising look. Robbie hasn’t ever asked about the limits of his friend's telekinesis, not in so many words; he only knows that Vance is significantly more powerful than he was at sixteen. “What’s the biggest shield you can make, and how long can you keep it up?”
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He doesn’t share Vance’s confidence in himself though. “I’m going to try – until they get here. After that…”
After that, he’s going to be too busy fighting them off to keep looking, and he’s afraid that it’s the wrong call. Robbie doesn’t think he’ll be able to make any other plan. Sacrifice the immediate lives for a hypothetical idea that maybe there’s a way to hide a large chunk of the population once the rapidly increasing infected are in this zone? “There’s no good ideas.”
He gives Vance an appraising look. Robbie hasn’t ever asked about the limits of his friend's telekinesis, not in so many words; he only knows that Vance is significantly more powerful than he was at sixteen. “What’s the biggest shield you can make, and how long can you keep it up?”