How did they describe the Lady of the Lake? ‘Strange women throwing swords at people are no basis for a system of government’ or something like th...t.I allowed her to come with us, but only after she had promised to follow my lead on when and what to talk about.Our water barrels were a standard size around here, called ‘butts’. I thought they were probably about 100 gallons or so. The barrels we took from the Arrow were much smaller, on the order of half the size of a butt. They were a lot. I told her, ‘Give Miss Riley a chance to get her bearings, now. Don’t rush things.’ But Maizie has a mind of her own. I finally had to give in and bring her down here.”“Oh, Maizie,” I said. “You are wonderful. How could I not have thought of you without Dag? It must be terrible.” Maizie lay down on my lap and put one huge paw over her nose and whined.“She misses Dag,” Mrs. Prior interpreted. “She was worried about you. She thought maybe you were gone, too.”“No, Maizie,” I answered. “I’m here.. (Dove) My computer is fairly new. I have to get a new one at least every other year. I burn them out quickly.(Julie) I'm expecting my new one to arrive on Tuesday!(TESS) What do you do with them Dove? My old one lasted for ten years of daily use!(Dove) TESS, I don't know. I guess I just do a lot of CPU and drive intensive work.(Anthony) Hey Stephanie! Haven't seen you write a story for a while!(Stephanie) Been having a break. I'll be back working on DNA III soon(XoYo) Stephanie, cool! How close. A two kilometre long tunnel had been built. It had a diameter of four and a half metres and had taken forty three seconds to complete.Sensors and probes were released and they surveyed the condition of the rock ahead of us. It looked favourable. When the probes returned, the boat went forward after a right angle turn. I plotted a course that would remove a volume of rock a hundred metres in diameter and half of that to a domed ceiling. This took ten minutes to complete.Other devices played on.