When the door finished opening, a gentle tug from Amenthia led me inside.There were bookshelves as far as the eye could see lining the walls in aisles...opposite the entrance. I could not see where they ended. There had to be millions of books kept inside here, though most of them looked to be sectioned off. I could only imagine how this much information would be accessed. The question on my mind was, ‘Why were we here?’ We had already registered me with the Guild; were we supposed to do some. I wasn't sure how to explain the extensive damage to our yacht to our insurance carrier. Hopefully Colleen and Jim would know how to proceed.For twelve hours police officials came and went, politicos arrived with their entourage and paid us a series of courtesy calls, to express their shock and outrage that we were attacked while visiting Monaco. I shook hands with everyone from the mayor to the head of the military, and many others that I had no idea who they were or what they did. For all I. ..”Rupert’s eyes widened in fear and he held up his good hand defensively. “Wait! I can explain...”“Two weeks ... that’s how long Kirrix spawn take to hatch, before they eat their way out of you.” Rathburn said quietly, his eyes burning with a dreadful intensity. Suddenly his face twisted with rage and he grabbed Rupert’s index finger and snapped it backwards. “So I’m going to keep you alive in constant agony for two weeks, before I finally put a bullet in your fucking head!”The armoured truck. One of them waved as we passed, wiping his face on the sleeve of his Boy Scout uniform shirt. Now, THAT was some service project!We trooped along, and cleared the town’s perimeter on the south end, striking south on State Road. The operation center’s map confirmed my recollection, that it pretty much arrowed south, with occasional zigs and zags, until it crossed the Alder River. That was spanned by a bridge dating from the Depression, and was, at present, restricted to one lane traffic. Our.