Oh I may have had a small step up on others with my designation as an officer of the Confederacy Armed Services, but since I was considered (and still...am to a certain extent) a noncombatant that step up was less than you might imagine.I looked over my technical drawings. I'm embarrassed! I did use part (Okay too much) of your escape hatch in one instance. However if you have a Confederacy power pack in your tank you should still have the spaces that I've left highlighted in green available. Now. I checked on Lacey and found her still asleep. It was a bit after nine and I expected her to sleep until noon. I put her clothes in the dryer and sat for my third cup of coffee. I set the coffee maker for a fresh pot but did not turn it on. I was sorry I had shown her the photographs. She did not deserve that kind of pain. I did not either but I knew she was a free spirit when I married her. I heard a commode flush so I turned on the coffee pot and started the toasts. I got the grape jelly out. And that was just my friends! Of course they'd turned into my former friends; I was off Earth and they weren't. Who's laughing now, plonkers?During the journey here Dad picked up Gisele as an extra concubine while we were still on the ship. Her original sponsor had got himself reduced to a concubine, so she was floating around as a spare. Dad got her because he'd scored 6.9 CAP, (almost a seven), and we were two men with one woman, so we were short of women in our pod. The Civil Service guy. That way we won't trip over it, but can access it by standing on the bed." Which might prove problematic if someone is thrashing about," Mattie pointed out."Not much we can do about that. I selected the best option from limited choices. As always, we'll deal with things as they arise." Turning back to her patient, Alice resumed her soft song which calmed the shaking girl, her relief reflected in her eyes. At this stage in the game, you couldn't ease off for long before the patients worsen."You.