”“Forget all the commands I’ve ever given you. We’ll start again with just a couple of new ones. First, don’t leave here or to contact anyon... but me.”“Okay.”“Second, don’t do anything to hurt me or my loved ones. Don’t try to take control of us.”“Of course not.”“Third. Continue to oversee the Coxes and keep doing your writing assignments.”“Yes, Jake.”“Last, don’t tell anyone anything about me or my loved ones.”“Not a word. Can I ask you a question? How did you install that control from. .. yes it was.He could hear the chanting again. It was coming from up ahead. Steeling himself, Phil followed the sounds until the corridor terminated in an ominous, black metal door. An arcane symbol of even darker metal was inlaid into the surface.Not. Exactly. Promising.It was where the chanting was coming from though. With some degree of trepidation He approached the door. The metal surface was warm to the touch, but not hot enough to be uncomfortable or dangerous. Phil put his ear against. Tad was something of a local hero with his friends because he had a genuine professional ballplayer accompanying him to the local field. Since only a very few of his chums shared Tad’s enormous interest in baseball, the two of us frequently found ourselves abandoned by most or all of the other kids, whereupon we’d simply play catch or practice fielding ground balls or shagging flies.If I wasn’t up for too much daytime athletics, I’d cut it short and take Tad out for a Dairy Queen lunch or an. I think a chain of UVAs in hyperspace at least to Renmark; Amranti should be easier as we can use Wormhole Control coms for part of that linkI have also been thinking of using UVAs to explore the com range outside the epsilon layer of hyperspace and to do that, I will need to use the Grendels ... second thoughts "Shriek" is ideal but there is a risk going through that turbulence layer into hard vacuum. If it works out, and it probably will, then you will have instant com with the Emperor and.