Alarm flashed across Dr. Shire's face, and he was just about to demand what Lis was doing.
But Lis, quick as a flash, clapped a hand over his mouth and hustled him inside.
Lis threatened, "Dr. Shire, we're taking back our Icebreaker. I trust you don't have a problem with that?"
Once Lis let go of his mouth, Dr. Shire immediately snapped, "You'll provoke them!"
They were still hundreds of miles from the coast. If the Icebreaker was destroyed, none of them would make it back in one piece.
Lis's eyes narrowed. "Provoke them? They're the ones who provoked us! That ship was ours in the first place. Those Yellow Monkeys dared to fire on us. The only way to eliminate the threat is to kill them."
Shire shook his head. "They saved our lives, at the very least. Besides, if they really wanted us dead, they could have just blown us up. They aren't bad people."
