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With Marchetti at the controls, Paul, Gamay and Leilani were free to enjoy theat the dolphins flying through the clear waters below

The bottle-nosedwith powerful strokes of their flat tails Occasionally, one would break the surface and propel itself through the air, leaping toward the back down to the water

“It’s like they’re trying to reach us,” Leilani said

“Maybe they think we’re the mother ship,” Paul replied

Gaine what the dolphins would think of such a vessel Clearly they weren’t afraid of it, though “Marchetti, I think this ork”

Leilani nodded, see to be in better spirits Paul smiled

“You look like the cat who ate the canary,” Gamay said

“I was just thinking how lucky I a, “instead of hiking through the desert with Kurt and Joe”

Gahed

“And it’s not just the coot the multimillion-dollar toys to ith Kurt and Joe are probably wrestling with a few sht about now”

“Have to agree,” Gao?”

“We can stay aloft for days if we need to,” he said “Butand then head home to the island My creill have the other two airships put together and ready for action tomorrow,

and we can take all three up and cover round—er, water”

“Do you have pilots?” Paul asked

“Pilots?” Marchetti replied “We don’t need no stinking pilots”