Without Dolphin’s knowledge, evacuation might make sense.”Of course he didn’t have the Rocky Point negotiations to contend with. Even so, Lord M...tthew and I had not pushed for additional help.“Now?” He shrugged. “I’d hate to second-guess you, and I don’t have any better ideas.”Reluctantly, I turned off the water, and we stepped out to dry.As Lord Morgan dried and dressed I took a moment to examine him. I guessed him not more than five years older than me if that. He was around ten centimeters. But at the same time so safe. I finished showering, dried off, and headed out of my chamber. One of Drake's female attendants stood there."Are you hungry, miss?" I felt my stomach growl and I realized that yes, I was. A smile spread across the attendants face and she silently chuckled to herself"Right this way." She led me through the house until we finally reached a dining room. I took a seat at the long table."Do you want anything in specific?" No thank you. Whatever you have is nice." she. "His words were faintly mocking. His white teeth shone in the electric lamps. Clean electricity, finally. Now in 2039 solar energy had come into it's own. Not cold fusion, or nuclear fission, or any of the other pipe dreams of the forgotten 20th century. No finally, simply, solar energy.I studied his face. It could have been for seconds or hours, I could not say. He sat patiently as I did this. I had read his description, of course. Her books went on about him incessantly: his pale perfection,. He handed over a chip to Sheena with Teresa's medical records. "She can actually walk now for a few steps with someone steadying her, but she has absolutely no sense of balance yet, and we weren't able to give her enough time in a med tube to restore muscle tone properly. K'Treel Explorer ships aren't colony ships, and as a result we don't have a large number of med tubes on board this trip. Plus we shipped here at flank speed, which limited both the power to the med tubes and the time we could.
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