565 Four Plans

The Mother Tree's will was extensive but not proficient, even appearing sporadic. Nonetheless, Joshua allowed the will to link with himself and then seriously studied the information within.

In that single instant, he felt that he had left the coastal cliff of the Midgardian planet, and arrived on the bridge of a battleship. Joshua could sense that there was a three-hundred-and sixty-degrees psionic observation screen around him, while on the bridge, fifteen crewmen were working urgently. A Midgardian which appeared to be captain was settled in its seat, staring solemnly at the dark universe before its eyes.

"The Void Mother is twisting space—it intends to bypass and head directly to the Garden of Flowers!"

"Tether it with the dimensional anchor! The Garden of Roots was virtually destroyed, we can't allow the Garden of Flowers to suffer the same fleet!"

"Target locked! The spatial distortion is slowing—it's stopping!"