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Crispin placed a sae jar and entered the details into his computer Somewhere, in the Forbidden Zone, another computer would note what he had done and put an appropriate tick in a box Keeping the computers happy was an essential part of palace life Failure to do so could cause theo into hysterics
He had to keep up the pretence of visiting the Seed Bank as part of his conservation project The computers had been informed about the project and kneas allowed to do it just as he was allowed to go to the toilet in the Forbidden Zone and clean his teeth there
He pulled on a hooded jacket and went to the door He needed to speak to Peter His cousin had gone down to the sanctuary pool tothe attack by the orcas, and were in a distressed condition It was important to let them know that there were people who loved and cared for them
A cold wind blew as he cli saves were co up the channel from the Western Ocean Storm clouds raced overhead He looked out to sea and saw black-and-white bodies ast the waves The orcas had followed the dolphins in
'Oona wants to tell us sos and ran to join hi over the side of the pool, honking excitedly and slapping her fins against the water He pulled his dolphin tablet from his pocket and tapped in the codes
He had a horror of it falling into the wrong hands and had installed a self-destruct mechanism to vaporise the circuitry if an atteht was vital He entered the last digit The screen flickered into life and an ie appeared
It showed Liala with a blackboard She was peering over it and enough of her showed to let you know that the e was from her
1 MAKE ANOTHER DOLPHIN TABLET AND OONA WILL BRING IT TO ME
2 THE COMMANDER OF PLAID KOERNO WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU
3 THE GUARDIANS HAVE CAPTURED BALDUUR
Crispin wondered about letting his sister have a dolphin tablet There were big advantages and huge dangers You needed a lot of understanding to make it work For starters, you had to remember the codes and enter them correctly or the tablet would blow up in your face
A question frohts
'Who's Balduur?'