“Captain, we’ve overshot the mark!” I sang out with glee.
“Great job, Sonja! Precise as always!” Chipper Captain Ruiz, always keeping the praise flowing. One of the many reasons I liked her.
We watched the clock together. Well, pretty much everyone did. It was still neat to see those hands flying backward, blurring past the speed of thought. The only way they could be stopped now was via the automatic timer, which had to be programmed before we engaged the drive. Otherwise, the slingshot effect would catapult us backward into the beginning of time.