Thomas had been using the replicator to make different small gadgets - such as a hand-powered, wind-up lamp - and some electronic components that he w...s playing around with. No one knew what he was trying to make, but he seemed happy enough and they left him to it most of the time.Ben hadn't made any further trips to try to find the other two sources of metal that he had seen in his dream, but he planned to make one last effort before the snow arrived.At present he was using a hammer and chisel. " I don't want you to go home, Fiona. I know what's waiting for you there. Stay with here. It will be fun." I know. What are we going to do? I don't really need to study." What ever we want. Sleep in late. Eat out every night. Find some parties. Besides, you can help me with Ancient History."Fiona rolled her eyes and fell back on her bed. Caroling blushed at seeing the hem of the other girl's shirt slip up along her thighs. Modesty was not a hard and fast rule in their room - or the dorm in. They needed him because he was a demolitions expert. They would use the helicopter/paraglider technique to approach the king's villa.The difference was that the villa had only one storey, so they planned to enter the king's bedroom from the roof by cutting a hole. A spy had told them the exact location of the king's bedroom, so they would have no trouble pinpointing it from the air. The plan was to land on the roof at various points and blow several holes in the roof with shaped explosive. She'd had to give up on her education to look after her smaller sisters. She told me about her current boyfriend, who sounded like a dick. We talked about the usual girlie things, and I don't think I'd laughed as much in a long time. I told Kim so, she said she hadn't either, and I believed her. Before we knew it, one bottle of wine had gone, and most of the second. It had started to chill off so we went inside, Kim sat on the sofa and I made do in one of the mismatched easy chairs. "Did you.