" Who are you? Ian asked as he kept his rifle on the hologram."I am Elizabeth Howler and I am the ship's AI/Interface, I have locked down all the acce...s ports for this ship. I had forgotten about the maintenance hatches but that oversight has been corrected." Can you tell us what else is going on?" Judy asked as she removed the pack full of explosives."Well, Judy, it seems that your destruction of the two destroyers has upset their plans, they are airlifting all prisoners off of the station and. Melissa could tellthe exact moment that recognition dawned on her, though; a small smileappeared on Lonna's lips, but it disappeared quickly."Yeah, I recognize it," Lonna confirmed. "It's a breathstone." Correct," Liliath confirmed, before turning her eyes toward Melissa."There's a spell inscribed upon it - you see, here?" Liliath tapped herthumb against an etched design, featuring several runes bisected by acircle. "All you need do is touch the inscription, while I hold theorb. It will probe. It was visible and itwas different. I knew that I could get away with it, computer folkswere expected to be a bit eccentric and since we controlled theinformation age, the employers gave us latitude. The ring looked greatand was near an accessory to the leather vest and jeans I wore most ofthe time at work. One piercing led to another. One job led to the next. I was movingaround the country and then around the world. It was in some sort ofsmall industrialized nation where my life would forever. Well barbs lunch upset her stomach so at the market she found the nearest rest rooms, not the nicest but she had no choice, she sat for a few minutes then heard someone enter the stall beside her, she was wearing a bikini under her shorts and top she still had the body for it, 36 DD breasts, slim waist, her hips were a bit wide but she was still proud of how she looked, All of a sudden a hole that was a piece of wood was removed from the patrician, leaving a 6 inch hole, Omg what was going.