At that moment, she tightened her focus, activating her telepathy, and thrusting the protected part of her mind into Raul’s. Knowing that she only had moments until the hive-mind realized what she was doing, she made her message brief. “Get back in the ship and get out of here. I’m compromised.” Feeling the hive-mind react to shut her down, she passed Raul a vivid image of her pulling the Kasari dart filled with quivering fluid from her neck. Then her consciousness winked out.
