" Must you say it, then?" Yes."I waited."Les, this will come as a shock to you. I know you've done everything you could to please me. Gone along wit... my every whim. So please understand that this isn't your fault. It isn't anybody's fault, I suppose. It's just the way it is." The way what is?"I began to feel uneasy. She'd called me "Les." When I'm dressed and made up to look nice she always calls me "Leslie" or "darling girl," so I'll feel relaxed and reassured. But this was "Les." . One of which involves the murderersucceeding in stealing their double out from underneath them and takesher to whatever world where he hides." Even if Dalton or I teach a double to cast the beacon spell, what goodwould it do? We don't have a way to connect to that spot." My team has been working with Dalton using your project's findings."Julia said, always ready to put Ken in his place. "However, we arestill in early stages."While Ken frowned, feeling betrayed Dalton never told him about. Like the rest of the miners, he was hired because of his dubious moral fiber and easily corruptible nature. This made The Mole cheap labor since no one else would hire him, but it also created certain, predictable problems. While no other type of miner would ever work for an operation like theirs, it did mean, as head of security, Max had to be extremely watchful of the employees.Max could hardly blame the guards for their listlessness. Day in and day out it was an incredibly boring job.. Instead of kicking her attacker again, the Girl paused to work her pantiesback into place. This gave Minnaloushe, who could barely breathe from the excruciatingpain, time to scuttle away. And now came one of those "watershed moments" onealways reads about in melodramatic fiction. The difference is: this time itreally happened. The Girl could have spread her wings and flown to safety.But the young spider's impertinent attack had enraged her. She wanted her attackerdead. And so she went in hot.