"I will permit such a contact," said the ship after what felt like an eternity.

"Now you glimpse how it is for me," the ship said quietly.

"I have moved to the river bottom," said the ship.

"We have been cleared by the tower," the ship said.

The ship said, "I will cut in only when there is an emergency.

I thought you might like to see this,' the ship said.

"Thank you," said the ship, almost too low to be heard.

The ship said something in reply, but he did not hear it.

But the ships that went later, they said something different.

"That ship, you might say she has a mind of her own; really, we've got a hold on it."