" I could see a look of concern on her face.My thoughts ran all over the place. I knew I would need to make the best of my time. I realized that in a ...ew blinks, this day would already be gone.Life! Isn't it a strange phenomenon? One day you are a teenager who thinks you know all there is to know about life. You might see someone in their thirties and wonder what it would be like to be that old.Now blink a few times.You open your eyes and you are in your mid-thirties. "How did it all happen?". Several rings were attached theto the van floor. Cindy used a plastic handcuff to attach the ring on the collarto a floor ring allowing only about 6” for head movement. Next came aharness type gag. The surprised prisoner tried fighting the gag was easilyovercome. Next a rubber hood was pulled over Ann's head with openings for onlythe nose and mouth. The large ball of the gag protruded conspicuously throughthe opening. Cindy turned her attention next to the prisoner's handcuffs. Keeping herhands. We talked it over while supper was being prepared and kept it up during the meal.Finally we came up with a plan. Routata and Goondoe were going with me along with George and Bill. We had decided to take the big truck pulling the dry van and pulling the bullrack as a double. It was a little risky taking doubles, but George was going to drive the skidder again and it would be able to pull us out of any potential hole we got into.George, Bill, and I went to the garage after supper and built our. “Listen, I’m just a cartographer, I’m not the captain or anything. My job is mapping the planets we survey and then identifying exploitable resources. It’s not my choice to make.”His face fell, but she cut him off before he could speak.“But ... I can put in a word with the captain and see what he says. No promises.”“I would be eternally in your debt, and if I get off-planet I can raise the alarm about the conditions here, maybe I can help everyone else too.”“Well ... wait here a while, I’ll be.