Mrs. Weakly was passed out, as Ruffhouse watched. Thelab tech walked over to a control panel. She hit a switch, causing bothtubes to fill up with a bl...od red fluid, that smelled of moldy death.Ruffhouse tried to get out, as the fluid rose. He thought he was goingto drowned as the fluid covered his nose. He didn't want it to enter hisbody, as he tried to hold his breath. He tried to break the glass as thefoul smelling fluid covered his head. It burned as it entered his lungs.His head exploded. Well maybe I have something that will help you righthere in the shop." The old man reached down under the counter and pulled out a silvermedallion. It seemed to be very old. On one side was the portrait of ablack woman who looked like Harriet Tubman. On the other side was the faceof a stern middle aged white man who looked a lot like Robert E. Lee. "What is that?" "This is the Medal Of Racial Equality. It comes from the days ofslavery. It was worn by slaves to help them pave their way to. Final planetary orbit was scarcely two weeks away, and the mood aboard the Gardener was almost euphoric when First Officer Shaw, flanked by Igwanda and Meiersdottir in the usual arrangement of the head table, called the meeting to order.Almost immediately a hand shot up on the floor. John Toshimura, Meiersdottir's junior in the sociological contingent, fairly leaped to his feet as Shaw recognized him. "Mr. Shaw," he began what was obviously a prepared speech, "may I be the first to publicly. No shouting or laughing, avoid exerting yourself, and absolutely no smoking. I’m also prescribing you a cough suppressant. Your fractures weren’t too severe, we’ve splinted your leg, and I’ll be giving you anti-inflammatory medication and pain killers for your back. You should make a full recovery in a month or so, and you should be able to leave the infirmary later today.”“What happened?” Jaeger asked groggily, “how long have I been out?”“Chill out, you haven’t been in a coma,” Baker laughed..