.. and it's the only one ever to be made. I had a dream one night, and that's the result. The guy who made it for me wanted to sell the idea, but... l...t's just say I convinced him otherwise." Wow. The only one? Thank you. I've never had an original before," she said, finally putting it on."It looks beautiful on you," I said with false awe. "I knew it would, but still... " Come and see what I have in my room," she said, taking my hand and pulling me towards her room."Wait a sec," I said with. ‘I am stunned to see two such beautiful creatures in these parts!’ As he spoke he tipped his hat. It was obvious to all that he totally liked what he saw. ‘I assume you ladies are part of this extremely fortunate crew. I am Lieutenant Andrews, at your service.’ Emerson laughed as the girls gave the soldier smiles that were meant to dazzle. ‘I would like the pleasure of introducing you to Cathy Jordan, the lovely blonde, and the dark-haired beauty is Maria Casey.’ Emerson then pointed to the men. Looking up either side, the walls of the ravine were getting higher and higher. The echo of every footstep and every breath, comment or stumble seemed to get louder and louder.As they walked, something kept niggling at the back of Harper's mind. Pausing a moment he looked back and forth, seeing Ginger ahead of him, the others behind. Just entering the ravine was the main party, sounding extremely loud. Feeling the walls closing in, he put one hand up to stop those behind him. Kneeling to pick. Since then, the Sa’arm had annexed fourteen civilized worlds — it wasn’t fair to say they’d attacked them, per se, since none of them had the slightest capability of mounting a defense. The Sa’arm just moved in on the ground and started building their infrastructure. If a local got in the way, he was neutralized — usually messily. Civilization winked out on Sa’arm occupied worlds within hours — instant communication brought pictures of atrocity serious enough to drive the populace to suicidal.