Trix still carried her useless blaster.I was about to shut the cell door when Trix said, “You cannot leave me here. It is required that I go with yo....”I looked at her confused and continued to shut the cell door when Mom said, “Wait a second.” I opened the door wider for Mom as she went into the cell, pushed back Trix’s coal-black hair, and looked at her ears. They were tiny and bat-like, with no lobes to speak of.Mom looked at me and said, “She’s a Colation mercenary. She needs to come with. Either a board had split, or one was rotten and just letting water seep through it. Why didn’t it have have a pump, too? The butter-churn pumps we’d installed in Wrong Place and Thunder weren’t that complicated. Probably every ship should have one. Why weren’t pumps a thing here? Even the Romans had pumps, surely a culture stuck in the European “middle ages” could do things the Romans could do!Part of my studying on my ‘week off’ was on the development of machinery before machine shops existed.. "We stood ensuring that everyone's parental consent was registered as theyboarded the busses. Then we met up with the Diner as we headed for thebig portal together.Things were going smoothly, everyone was on their best behavior. As wewere preparing to shoot the portal on Omega Seven, I got a call fromHeadmistress Paulina."Malissa, I was so happy to see that our girls are getting a chance toexplore the Roller Coaster together," she began."Oh, are you taking your spring break too?" I asked."Yes,. Nenu: emaindi pinnai pain chala unda, nenu vachanu kada elagaina nee baada poyela chestale, annanuPinni: avna, em chestaventi bada povadaniki, ani pinni annadiNenu: massage chestanu annanuPinni: k aite chey ani pinna anndaiNenu alage kinda kurchunna, pinni left leg bed pina undi, right leg bed pinundi koncham pakka jaripi naa face mundku vacheya kurchunna, pinni padam pina amrutanjanam rasanu, cheera koncham piki pikkalu kanapadela lepanu, pinni emanadam ledu kallu musukundi.Ika melliga padam.