. was much too big for her. Still, I could see that there was some bruising in her arms and legs, and probably in other places, too."What do you mean,...Lil? As soon as I was called that you had been in an accident, I rushed here. I would have come to you sooner, but some stupid bureaucrat stopped all my attempts, at the lobby. I would probably still be sitting there if the wasn't that funny old man and his underground road that included a float trip." An accident ... yes, I remember it, now. I'm. This thing removes that signal receiver organ. It wasn’t easy as that thing kept repairing itself. This device we made burns it completely and cauterizes the socket so to speak.”Warner was also climbing all over him. “The next time you take out an Atlas, make sure it is fully equipped. Wow, this thing is a mess.”The little Holdian held up a broken Y’All claw with both hands, he had just dug out of an Armor joint. “Not yours I presume?”The wounded worm being said with a weak voice. “Whatz a. Her medical treatments had ended. Her hair regrew to reach her narrow shoulders. Instead of cookies she brought advice. “You’re a man now, Andrew. Your mother and father have raised a fine son. I’m proud of you. They’re proud of you.” She held out her hand. I heard metal tinkle. “It’s not new, but it’s not a junker. I wanted to give you one you have to work for. It’ll need a lot of care and money, until you can afford to buy your own. If I hear that you’ve weaseled your parents into fixing it,. Apparently governments everywhere feel their job is to rip as much money from the public as they can. It's all 'for the good', of course. I kept wondering: for whose good?While all this was going on, Rachael had identified several of the people following me. Three fingerprints came back with classified tags. Two other fingerprints identified an ex-Navy Seal, and an ex-Army Special Forces officer. Interesting.I took the information Rachael gave me on the classified tags, and came up with three.