”“She hears voices?” his mother asked.“From time to time and we’ve worked out how to drive them away. That leaves the paranoia. Her paranoia...is triggered by the color red. She can’t drink from a red vessel without me taste-testing it first. People wearing red scare her. She knows it’s not rational, but this is the hardest for her to conquer.”“There’s a lot of red out there this time of year,” his mother remarked.“It’s like your sister’s fear of spiders,” his father added.“Yeah,” he replied,. But no, in sauntered Jack, Colin in tow. "I mentioned we had strawberries , Colin won't shut up till i give him one" Wendy stepped aside from the fridge, a shudder of delight as she moved, but her son was in the room, this was weird. She looked around the room embarressed and then noticed Colin, or more precisely where he was and what he was fiddling with. Jacks voice brought her attention back." wow mum you look stunning! you and dad off out? Not planning on clubbing are you?" Wendy laughed a. .. with me in return for afavor. What is it?"The crone once again burst into a cackling laughter."Always direct and to the point, aren't you? Very well then. In returnfor my help you must take the treasure that the priestess was guardingand carry it with you as you leave. However... instead of selling it youmust return it to the temple of Ishtar. It doesn't matter which temple,be it in Brythunia, Zamora or Aquilonia, but it must be returned. Youmay keep any other treasure you find, but that. Once it does, you put your gun down and strip naked. Both of you. We’re not taking any fucking chances.”Dey scowled. “There are easier ways to get porn, you know!”“Ha, ha,” the man said.The autodoc that came through the hole was the standard NG-982 Corpsbot. It looked a bit like an exceedingly friendly spider, painted soothing colors of white and gold. The front was wide and tried to look as much like an Apple product as possible. It scuttled along the floor and spoke in a prerecorded voice.