" There was a pause as she felt the tug on her pantyhose." She continued right on as if nothing had happened. "When I get really stressed I like to da...ce. It really relieves tension and makes me feel on top of the world." "What kind of dancing I asked?" reaching past her as she turned to face me I pressed the touch pad to turn the microphone on."MOSTLY BALLET" she replied over the booming microphone. I quickly turn the volume down to a more reasonable level. "Sorry." she said with a smile and a. Now, with the green dungarees on, they recognised me as one ofthe drones.I climbed behind the next free till and started to set it up and halfthe waiting people crowded across waiting for me to serve them.When I keyed in the code John had given me the display that pointed tothe customer changed. It said, "My name is Maureen. I am ready tohelp."I looked at the first customer and with my heart growing cold said,"May I help you?"***At the end of the shift I trudged out of the store and stared up. “I better get you something to bite down on.” Suggested the nurse as she offered Michael her biro. She looked down at the boy as he clenched the plastic pen between his teeth. “This might hurt a bit Michael” she whispered softly.Michael glanced up at the nurse with fear in his eyes. “Why?” he muttered around the pen.The nurse leaned closer so that she was only inches away from his face, then gave him a sweet and innocent smile. “Because I’m the one who programmed her.”At that moment Michael. I had looked at a map, and knew what landmarks to look for. I finally found the road, and turned east.We followed the road. Sure enough, about 20 minutes later, I saw the city with the royal palace ahead. As my group was flying in, we saw Fithian and his dragon riders coming in on a more direct route.That's when all hell broke loose, literally. A reddish haze snapped into being everywhere. I faltered, and had to angle down for a landing, as did all the other dragons. As soon as I hit the.