However, she recovered her composurequickly. "They said that it was wrong that I wasn't charged and thatMrs. Harris's identification of me should have...been enough. Theassistant DA's comments at the press conferences further convincedthem that I was guilty and that I would escape justice." "He's now on the city council," interjected Matt. "I'm well aware of that," replied Jean in a harsh tone. "Anyway,I was tried and found guilty by the committee." "Whoa, you mean they held a trial?". She struggled to keep a straight face as she looked at the two bedraggled Grade 3 students muddying up her office floor."Now then, how did this start?" she said, trying to strike a balance between gentle and firm. It didn't help that she wanted to double over laughing."He pushed me," explained Theresa, while at the same time Josh pointed back and complained, "She teased me." He pushed me into the MUD!" squealed the indignant young lady. "Well, she pulled me in after her!"The principal bit her. .. there was still no time on the medibed.Adam asked, “Since we know the person is Silican, should we head for Silica so we can turn her in?”Mark said, “Do you remember seeing a person with blue hair doing anything on the bridge? I don’t! So yes, we should probably return her to Silica, but right now my top priority is to find the nebula and rift, so let’s go in the direction the other ships fled. I have the Sentinel manufacturing special rift jumper versions of our seeding ships for a mission,. I reckon it comes from when we was outlaws.”“You ever heard of a oil well?”“No, what is oil?”“Oil is something that’s buried under the ground. It’s the same thing you see seepin’ up through all them black water pools we got all over this place.”“Is it good for anythin’ other than killin’ ticks?”“Yep, sure is. It can be pumped from under the ground through a big oil well and sold for burning in lamps and furnaces and in steam boilers to make electric lights.”“Marshal, you tellin’ me that you aim.