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to the fact that we’re more
developed than the Chixzon in that department. I have let go of a lot and think
simply, but in a very specific way that took me a long time to learn to do.
Bigger ones can accommodate the alterations necessary, but we didn’t want
people having to wear a backpack so we skimmed it down to the point where we do
part of the adjusting ourselves and the gauntlet does the rest,” he said,
signaling for it back.
    When he got it he slipped it on again and closed his
eyes. The yellow light, coming from a small jewel on the surface, eventually
turned green. He opened his eyes and looked at the others again. “I have to
focus to keep in alignment, meaning that if you’re going to talk to a Uriti you need to be in a safe place. I can’t use Pefbar
or any other psionics or it’ll knock me off the mark. Remember this, because
you have to basically blind yourself in order to make it work. I can’t do much
more than talk to you right now, and even that is a bit of an effort,” he said,
letting the light go back to yellow.
    “When you’re green you can connect to the Chixzon
transmitter remotely and it will work anywhere on the command ship. This
station also has a transmitter, which is one reason why people want to sneak in
here. While Nefron highly doubts any of them could rig up their own order-giver,”
he said, preemptively throwing the Chixzon a look, “considering the lengths it’s
taken us to develop these, we’re not going to take the chance. Transmitters and
especially these gauntlets don’t go to anyone else, ever . The transmitters are big and stationary, but these are not.
Don’t misplace them. Don’t leave them in an unsecured site. Don’t let them out
of your sight, even if you’re in the shower. Wear them in with you and just
hold them telekinetically in the air while you wash your arm.”
    A few eyebrows raised, but Riley shook his head in the
negative. “I’m not overreacting. Give those guys a shot at one and they may
take it. We’ve kept this system from seeing any real fighting by keeping
security tight and not giving them an opportunity to strike. Show weakness,
even one lapse, and I wouldn’t be surprised if someone does. And as we noted,
they are trying more subtle methods of learning how we control the Uriti.”
    “So we’re all going to learn to give orders to the
Uriti?” Matti-2548 asked.
    “Yes you are,” Pryon continued. “Nefron and Riley
aren’t going to stay here forever, and keeping Nefron in an anonymous place is
preferable to having him on a known ship. If someone could capture him they
could conceivably build all of this again on their own. He wouldn’t help them,
but they don’t know that and we can’t completely rule out someone’s ability to
extract information from him. The V’kit’no’sat, for example, could simply rip
the memories out of him. We can’t be sure that others don’t have the same or
similar ability, so we need Nefron’s location kept a
secret, perhaps not even in this Preserve.”
    “And we all know how second gen,” Riley added, “like
to think they can do whatever the trailblazers can do.”
    “Damn straight,” Oro agreed.
    “So you’re going to be my relief,” the ViLord said
with a smirk. “The twelve of you are going to get a unique gauntlet that Nefron
will tailor to make your telepathic fingerprint look like a Chixzon with all
the right access codes. Unless you’re nearly identical you won’t be able to
share them no matter how much internal focus you have. This is another reason
not to lose them. They’re going to be custom made with no blueprints stored in
any database for someone to hack and copy. If you need a replacement, Nefron is
going to have to make you another one.”
    “But remember,” Pryon insisted, “without a transmitter
these gauntlets will do no good. It’s a two part system. Think of these as the
access keys. And once you’re into the system, giving orders to the Uriti is