Ford couldn't help the face he made at Tycho's explanation, which could be best described by a single syllable: ugh. The first sentence technically could have been describing anything, but the incident was still fresh enough that of course it was what immediately came to mind, and as Ty continued he confirmed it.

"You should've told me an hour ago," he remarked peevishly. It wasn't as though Ty having Seen something about it did Ford a bit of good if he only heard about it after the fact. It was all over now, and he was quite sure there would be no repeat performance in his future that Ty could warn him about. Of course it didn't make sense to be irritated at Tycho for the timing of the vision, but Ford did wonder how long he'd have to hang around before Ty Saw something that was actually useful.

"Is this a real vision?" he asked as a thought occurred which made him suddenly suspicious. "Wye didn't write a song about it, or anything, did he? You would tell me if he was off starting rumors via serenade."

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