?Now wrap that long chain around me, but go through the metal rings on the jacket. Then lock it on with these padlocks wherever you think would const...ict my motion the most. Don?t be shy.??Oh, I wont be,? I said. Of course I was always secretly assessing her safety.I wrapped the chains and it was obvious that going through the rings meant she couldn?t simply slide the chains down. She would have to get her arms out, pick the locks and then loosen the chains. I placed some locks in her. What the truth is, we may never know. What it seems to be is the remnants of a civilization that retired from star travel to live in nearly hermetically sealed constructs that entirely surround a star that has been significantly altered so that it will never become a red giant. At least the AI's that have been analyzing the data that has been sent back by the Aer Lingus seem to be leaning that direction, if I understand what they're saying.Not that I can pretend to understand what AIs talk. I helped offload the car while Ann started shuffling around in the tiny kitchen, mixing a myriad of different exotic sounding chemicals in a large cooking pot. After the dark purple brew boiled for the better part of an hour, she carried it outside and poured it into old cider jug stashed under the trailer. Harvey and I were instructed to ingest a few drops every day to prevent a recurrence of the malady that had nearly cost Harvey his life. I had set up the bed and cleaned out the feed. ” Erin Lynn said.I looked at my mother-in-law and shook my head.“Paul O’Dell don’t ever let those two eat that stuff when we are here. That was the worst.”“Oh no, you weren’t on the trip where Erin had her first White Castles. That was the worst!”“What is White Castle?” Gwen asked.“It is a fast food burger joint, the home of the original sliders. We went to one outside of St. Louis.”“Paul wants us to go back there when we go to see his daughter and her family in St. Louis.” Blossom added.“That.