"You would be best served pulling the masts until St Louis," he said. "The lowest bridge has 100 feet of clearance between the bridge and the water at...low water. Your tallest mast is 87 feet. At that particular bridge there has been high water 17 feet above normal. The spring floods are over but there is always the chance of torrential rain." What odds?" If you're there before the fifteenth of June you'll possibly strike." What about Chicago bridges?" You're limited by time of day and ship. "Do I need to remind you that we don't have any spare money to spendon clothes?" I said to Sally. "Especially ones we'll never need againafter the Tribunal?"Ingrid raised an eyebrow at that word but said nothing."Oh, nonsense. We can probably get all we need for thirty quid fromone of the charity shops."Ingrid cleared her throat."Can I assume that we've done all we can for today?" she asked. "Onlyit's after five o'clock..." Oh yes, sorry," Sally said, "and thanks for doing such a great. How are you doing? I see you’re hitting the booze already.’ I replied casually. ‘Yeah, haha how could I resist? I’m good thanks.‘ she continuedWe chatted excitedly about the holidays and school finally being over for a while before Amy started looking pretty anxious and tense. I opened my mouth to ask what was wrong when one of my physics buddies spotted me and hauled me in to the house, rushing me off to grab a beer and become his wingman for the evening. I decided I’d let the issue drop until. He found that they had enough in stock for him to make up abatch that would transform Nia into a genetically XX female for a periodof eighteen months, enough time for them to conceive a child, bring it tofull term and deliver it. With enough time for Nia to breastfeed theirchild for almost nine months also. Querl also found that he had enoughfunds to do exactly that.Querl made his purchase and loaded it into his capsule. Upon againrefueling, he entered it and took off for his new home planet.