.. you know, butterfly things," Laura said, feeling guilty even though she was completely alone.Kim giggled. "Somebody you want to try it on, eh? Don'... worry, I'm not jealous." She always has these new gadgets. I thought... well, you know." You think this one'll blow her mind. Or something else, right?"They both laughed."Right," Laura said."Well, I just so happen to have six of them. Why don't I Federal Express one to you?" Six?" Laura laughed. "Why do you have six?" Don't want to run out,. After the war and all the Reaver attacks and so forth there's a lot of derelicts floating around loose, and an entire class of legal-but-freelance salvagers has sprung up.Now everything is not roses and sunshine: there's troubles aplenty in the verse.For one thing, when the Alliance Fleet broke the Reavers over Miranda they didn't catch all of them. More than a few were already out hunting, and a lot of others turned and ran when it became obvious that the battle was lost. (Damn near the first. She had tapped herself on the forehead with the card. She had then looked down at the beautiful flowers on the coffee table. They really were sweet. Heather had never received flowers from a man before that was not a blood relation. Her brother sent her roses on her birthday each year. How sweet of him to choose pansies instead of roses like other men! Suddenly had she bristled. Why was he asking her out all of the sudden? Mr. Charles Walker had never shown any interest in Miss Heather Layton. Maybe you can handle it? She might not be here much longer anyway. Or is this going to start wearing on you? You’re unsure.As you wonder to yourself you see John walk past the office window which looks out over the main office hall, clearly trying to hide her dejection from the others out there with her head held low. The door opens and she walks in, you can’t help but admire her looks momentarily. She is young, nineteen perhaps, blonde hair falling to her mid back. She’s wearing a very.