Forces Gather: Part Five

Albany, NY

The only reason it takes Red Shift fifteen minutes to get to Albany is because he doesn’t want to break the sound barrier.

It’s not hard for him to run faster than sound—he can run considerably faster if he has to. The problem with breaking the sound barrier is the sonic boom: it’s not a one-time event, it’s a continuous, window-shattering sound that follows you, a sonic wake, and he doesn’t want to attract that kind of attention. Anyway, he doesn’t need to go supersonic: 700 miles a...