Three large diesel turbines were purring against a side wall. Against the other wall were various benches and tools and other maintenance equipment. A...figure in a grey boiler suit stood with their back to him, examining one of the turbines."Excuse me" he called. Realizing his voice was swallowed up in the pervasive sounds of the engines; he walked over and tapped the engineer on the shoulder. With a start, the figure turned around. He recognized Liz, and smiled. "Sorry about that. I hope I. Ricky uncuffs Stephanie and removes the jaw spreader and tosses it to the side.Steph: thank you that last guy was kind of rough but I sort of liked it. Now the contract is over there in that chair.Ricky picks up the leather folder from out of the chair and begins to read it aloud, when he gets to the special terms portion he stops.Steph: Why did you stop? I need to know the terms so we can finish.Just then Ricky drops his pen on the floor.Ricky: Clumsy me I seem to have dropped my pen can you. An arrow just missed Mike’s cheek, and he moved his head in time to avoid two more. The arrows helped him reposition himself on the creature’s side.The Jabberwock fell into another freefall, but Mike grabbed on to one of its four bat-like wings. When it flipped over near the ground to glide away, Mike shifted positions, Naia’s magic guiding him, and landed neatly on its back. There was a part of its spine that looked very much like a saddle, so he locked his legs around the bony protrusions. "And now, come. We must begin your first lesson," she says. She opens alarge trunk before us. She pulls out first a white linen underskirt andwraps it around my waist, fastening it with an ornate gold clip. Next,she removes a long, gauzy skirt like her own and fastens that around mywaist as well. Richly decorated sandals are next. She slips rings ontomy toes, and fastens ornate ankle bracelets around my ankles. The tinybells on them tinkle softly in the silence. She produces a blousy pinktop.