The pilot told him briefly what had happened, and answered a few questions.

Jian asked, and the other pilot answered without looking up from the standing system.

"Oh, it's out here, all right; I don't doubt that," the pilot answered.

"There is some sort of emergency there," answered the pilot.

"They used to talk to me," the pilot answered, "not these trees here but the ones on my home."

The pilot looked at him curiously but answered his question.

The pilot didn't answer immediately, sizing up the stranger who stood before him.

"No, I do not think so," the pilot answered.

The pilot did not answer for a moment.