Shaun looked at the two of them, “If you are both quite done inspecting the meat can someone help me put on my shirt?”Ted laughed, “Thanks Sandy... That will be all.” He helped Shaun slip the shirt on, “As you no doubt realised Captain Silverman told me about your mishap. He was concerned you may not be able to take out your patrol, hence the medical examination. It seems that you are able.” Ted said dryly.It seemed the word had got out about Shaun’s run in with the Arabs as the men asked about. I took the ?10, quickly put my clothes back on and then rushed outto the car, leaving my wallet and credit cards with Miss Smith.Driving to the supermarket I nearly had a couple of accidents, such wasmy nervousness. I could concentrate on nothing other than the task thatlay ahead of me. How crowded was the store likely to be at this time ofnight? Would there be anyone there I knew? What would I say to them? Howcould I explain why I'm buying a set of plain underwear for ?10? Whowould buy. ”“Yes Master.”“Now then, what was this about you hitting me in the head?”“Well Master, I thought it would be best if I introduced myself to you in private, and I thought this would be the best way to get you alone. I am not permitted to use my powers on you without your permission, so that was the best I could do.”Harson gave Lexia a hard slap across the face.“How dare you attack me!” “Master, I’m sorry, I-”“Heal my head, right now!”“Yes Master.” Lexia snapped her fingers, and Harson’s pain. When the images arrived on the Moon several months in the future the mission controllers would be less alarmed that Nadezhda was having a love affair with one of the crew than they would be if they discovered that her lover was an android.Or was she?When Beatrice wandered into an empty corridor on the sixth level, any surveillance camera that was not subverted, if one could exist, would record that she'd dissolved into orange dust and had reconstituted herself as Colonel Vashti. And it was the.