Defending Elysium: A Cytoverse Novella (The Skyward Series)

“All you need is one mind to provide the FTL capability,” Jason explained. “Computers can do the actual routing.” Coln hissed quietly in surprise. “Technology is limited,” Jason said. “Only the mind is infinite.”

“They look at the race’s children,” Jason said quietly. “The older ones. Children who have lived just long enough to begin imitating the society they see around them, children who have lost the innocence of youth but haven’t yet replaced it with the tact and mores of adulthood. In those children, you can see what a species is really like. From them