The girl jumped slightly as the huge metal knocker's thunder resounded throughout the castle and grounds."Stand up straight now and wipe that worried ...ook off your face," scolded Mary.Slowly the door swung open from which a head emerged -- the head of a hideously ugly man whose face matched the drawn and withered right side of his body. Spittle ran from his misshapen mouth His eyes flicked first to the old woman who was in front and then to the girl who didn't quite manage to stifle a short. ”“Wait, go back,” Danica said, pursing her lips in thought for a moment. “You said the Mistlands are where souls go, and where spirits live. What’s the difference?”Captain Vex started to speak, but realized she didn’t really have an answer so she looked to the Doctor.Friday smiled and shrugged. “Complicated subject, that. Most of the time, when we call something a spirit, it is a soul that is not where it is supposed to be.”“Like a ghost?” Danica said.“Or any other kind of undead,” Friday said. "A male with a blue belt and shoulder strap walked towards me and I began to relax and nodded to him, "warrior."He blinked and looked at the female, "your name lad."I touched the elaborate silver belt around my waist, "Keit Sa Nor Saj KairLiious."He stiffened, "clan KairLiious is no more."I straightened, "we moved to Aur."He looked at the female and then at me, "the ship was lost to the last cub when it jumped into the Aur system."I turned to keep those here from seeing the grief and the male. She moaned softly, began licking her lips and swallowing. “Uh-oh,” Kit remarked. He grasped her upper arm and guided her to the bathroom shared with the adjacent room. Nichelle collapsed onto her hands and knees near the toilet. Kit opened the lid and positioned her so her forearms were resting on the bowl and her forehead resting on her crossed wrists.“Don’t fight it,” he said. “It’s gonna happen anyway so the sooner you get it over with...” Nichelle began retching and spitting into the.