“Icy!” Tern cried. “No!” “There is no need for apprehension,” Icy said calmly. “I knocked the blade aside harmlessly.” The crewman snarled and went off to find greener pastures. “No!” Tern grabbed Icy’s shoulder and pointed up. “What I was going to say was, ‘Icy, no, you knocked the knife straight up, and it appears to have torn a hole in the balloon overhead,
