He wagged an admonishing finger at the blankly staring Mrs Armitage. "Naughty, naughty," he said. "You could have changed things couldn't you?" Yes," ...he said in a curiously flat tone, "I suppose that I could have."Gregg made the alterations himself but he certainly wasn't finished with Mrs Armitage. "I think you owe me a little repayment for my inconvenience," he said. "Why don't we go through there?"Gregg pointed to Sylvia's stationery cupboard and Mrs Armitage got slowly to her feet and. From time to time warriors of the city’s elite would venture out into the country and capture new slaves to supplement the labour force required to keep the city running. Skirmishes became regular occurrences between the Techno warriors and the Village militia throughout the small continent as time went on. With losses occurring on both sides in every raid, feuds between villages and city of Phoenix became part of the folklore of each group of peoples. The other two cities did not require the. I get a drink."He ordered two scotch and sodas. When the bartender returned, he lookedto Steve for payment. Steve looked at Eric. "Pay the man." As Ericreached into his purse for the money his Mom gave him, the bartendergave Steve a knowing look of approval, obviously impressed with a man insuch control of his date. There was a single bar stool open, and Stevewas about to sit down on it, when Eric hip checked him out of the way."Move it buddy, laddies first."They searched as much of the. We could walk in it without having to stoop and before long we had explored quite deeply into its passages. Even though we came to several branches along the way, neither of us were worried-- we had the flashlight and were confident we could easily retrace our steps. After a while, we grew a little tired and decided to stop and rest a few moments. We were inside a small room and sat down on a smooth flat rock that was in its middle. The room slanted off to one side where there was a deep, wide.