Es waren zwar grad Ferien und sie war den ganzen Tag zuhause, aber am Haushalt wollte sie sich nicht beteiligen. Blieb das also auch noch an mir häng...n. Und Abends gings dann mit ihren Mädels auf die Piste. So auch Heute. Die Küche war ein Chaos und von Nadine weit und breit nicht zu sehen. Es war ja immerhin auch schon kurz vor Acht. Da war sie bestimmt wieder unterwegs und das bis spät in die Nacht. Das hatten sich unsere Eltern bestimmt anders vorgestellt. Immerhin sollte ich als grosser. Béla (she insisted that was her name, now) had been walking for almost a week. She exercised constantly, and insisted on eating meat (Ugh!) like an Earth person (Double ugh!) Sibilius was, as was the rest of his race, strictly vegetarian. They knew of the human’s delight with eating meat, however, and were able to process some livestock so that their new princess could eat what she wanted.The people in front of him had stopped moving. He heard several mentions of ‘The Princess’ as they. "Well now for playing Mr. Hero you are suspended from school and prom. What do you have to say about that?"I smiled. "Honestly? Well school I can always catch up on. And prom? I don't really care about prom."My mother eyed me curiously. "What about Crystal?"I shrugged. "Crystal is a very pretty girl who can get another date easily. I don't want to date her anymore anyway."My father laughed. "Yeah right. Next thing I know you'll be begging her for forgiveness."I nodded. "No Dad I won't. Besides,. If it had been on dead worlds, there would have been no problem. The only way to extract it profitably on these worlds would have destroyed massive areas of the environment."Councilor Estebahn said "They were looking for ways to pressure the Senate to overrule the Empress. We don't think all of them realized how out of hand it had gotten until it was too late. Others were so blinded by greed that they'd do anything to get the Senate to cave." What about Broussard, Dad?" Anna asked."Ah, yes..