Tim glanced over at Abbey and Patty, seeing how well they were getting on together, with only a couple of years’ difference in age between them. The... were now surveying other partygoers and commenting on dresses and hairstyles, giggling at the comments each were contributing to the conversation. Fraser and Tim listened for a moment before exchanging looks and grinning. There was wine on the table, but Tim preferred a beer, so apparently did Fraser, so they made their apologies to the ladies and. She looked to be no more that fifteen - that stage between a girl and a woman - but given how young Freyja had looked, I wasn’t certain. Her hair was a chestnut brown and was put up in a beehive-style bun, with a few ringlets falling free to frame her angelic face. Golden clips adorned her hair, no doubt used in keeping such a mass of hair in place and add to her ethereal beauty. The clips were gold, intricately designed and accented with small pearls. She had a circlet of gold, also adorned. My friends will make sure no one gets out. I have arranged to have some special weapons brought in by some friends. We will pick them up Thursday night." We will do it your way. I hope your friends are willing to kill." They aren't, but they will keep them from escaping and they will protect themselves." Ok, let's tell Lilly what's going on."They make their final arrangements and prepare to rid the ship of the sinking rats. Paul makes contact with the director. He informs them of the plans.. .. and what's in it.We also didn't want you to be alone, so we copied our neural engrams onto the central mainframe so we live on in these virtual forms" As you know, I'm an inventor by nature and I have several patents. Those, by the way, are yours now. But what's even more important are the things that I didn't patent, kept in the hidden lab under the house." I was an archaeologist, exploring ruins both terrestrial and alien. Like Lara Croft, only hotter." June chuckled. "And like your uncle,.