“While you’re protecting your immaculate soul, someone who isn’t so pure-hearted wouldn’t be so circumspect.”Eric laid his arm over his head... not looking at the others. “I’m hardly without sin, but I can witness what happens when people make bad decisions. Still, I see your point. If I weren’t the one selected for the ISSDD project and someone with nothing to lose was selected, they’d feel no compunction using it for their own benefit.”“You see why they’re afraid. No one can stop you if you set. No indeed.The Captain and Dora and I talked for quite a while. They told me about some of the programs that the church had that might be of help to me down the line, including furnishing me with a part time job if I decided that that might be a good fit for me. I knew I might have to consider that very thing down the line. There weren’t many places gonna be much help to me in finding a job, not with no legs. Still, there were other things I had to take care of first.One of those things was. She was right, she strode through the reception area and ignoring the queue she went to the desk."Mrs. Evelyn Birch." She demanded abruptly. The receptionist typed the name into her computer."She's just gone up to ITU, I'll ri..." Too late. PC Knight took my arm and almost dragged me with her towards the lifts."Give them the chance and they will want to know your life history and inside leg measurement before they let you in." She muttered to me as the lift doors closed.ITU was on the third. Even if it is a sitting duck. A loud splash along the starboard side of the cutter’s prow, then a quick series of splashes, caught the Marine’s attention. He leaned over the gunwale railing to get a closer look at what was splashing so close to the cutter. Sometimes dolphins swam alongside ships, providing the crew abovedecks with a lovely, wild show of aquabatics. But, as quickly as the splashing caught del Mundo’s attention, it ceased. He shrugged and walked back to the stairs that would lead.