." "I'm afraid that's enough for today," said the new girl. "Jeanne needs her rest." She gave Jeanne an injection, and she laid her head down and w...nt into a deep sleep. She ushered Barocca and Rhiannon away from the bed, and pulled the dividing curtain closed again. "Barocca, this is Diana, one of my medical technicians," said Rhiannon. "Give her the lowdown on Jeanne's condition." "Well, I'm pleased to announce that Jeanne will make a full recovery physically. We were able to get her. We pay property tax, and maintain our lines out of our own budgets. Highways and airlines, on the contrary, get pretty good payments from the Feds or the state to pay for their right of way, upgrades, etc. Look at the FAA, and how much they spend on airports, traffic controllers and the like, to keep airplanes flying. We pay all those costs of travel navigation and maintenance of transportation corridors on our own. What we need is a better partnership with the Feds on those infrastructure. Indenture contracts were traded among the Krathees like Beanie Babies.As a consequence of having a slave crew, the Krathees themselves didn’t trouble themselves with much of the day-to-day operation of their own ship. They gave destinations and the crew translated destinations to tasks. The Krathees’ ship’s ‘sailing master’ was not allowed to give ‘orders of consequence.’ Any orders beyond the day-to-day ship’s operation had to come from the Krathees.The priority, to me, was the mission of. “What ... what does this have anything to do with big hands and big feet.”“Well, the tale is if a man has big hands and big feet, he also has a big...” Mulet started.“Mulet!” Both Ataya and Caprice shouted, interrupting the older girl.“What?” Mulet asked innocently, winking at Ataya. “It is what they say! And he would almost have to be big all over, don’t you think?”“Why ... I...,” Audette started, flustered. A slight blush began coloring her cheeks. “I mean ... I’m the Empress’an ... and he.