"Sorry, I got busy on the pictures for your dad's friend and lost track of time." The forgetful genius, huh?" she smiled."Well, you're half right anyw...y."Beth's dad walked in, "Well, Tommy, keeping busy?"I explained what I was doing with the valve."You can do that?" he asked, "Isn't that like an x-ray?" Not exactly. I'll take two pictures—one of the cover and one of the rest of the valve, then use Photoshop to make the cover almost transparent and just add it to the other picture as another. All except one man." I took a sip of water from my water tube and continued, "You are not slaves but there may be years of hard service. I will treat you honestly and with justice. You will call me merely Master Solon." I singled out the man Derwen had implicated as a problem. "This man I give to Regenn and the Rinsky Clan for their justice in a token of my respect." Regenn nodded to me from the roof."Derwen, do you have a good ship's cook?" I said with a wide smile. She took my arm and led me. ”Jason looked at him with disgust.“The very fact that you would try to do this to me on the eve of our marriage means I can never trust you or your family.”He turned back to Jane and held out his hand. Jane eagerly reached back for it. But when he had her hand in his, instead of raising her up and pulling her close to him, he slipped the engagement ring off of her finger and put it into his pocket.“What are you doing, Jason!” Jane cried.“You didn’t think that I would let you keep my. After putting away the machine and ditching his coat in the house, he hugged L mightily. "You look beautiful my love," he whispered."I feel well loved," she murmured back. "Mary and I seem to be collecting stray cats and receiving love from the effort." A sort of adjunct harem perhaps?"They finally separated. L sighed. "I kind of wish Patti didn't have to return to school. She got a lot of shit out of her system, a lot of guilt about abandoning you and Mom to deal with your dad. A lot of.