And as you said, he was clearly disappointed that we arrived instead of Don, though he doesn’t realize that you and I are his better hope for solvin... the case.’ Cindy smiled at that one, as Phyllis continued, ‘When I heard him say that it was ‘routine’ to do one last check on these in the months leading to the Limitations running out and him having to pay out on the policy, I knew that what he was saying was technically true, as far as process was concerned… but it also was a dishonest comment. ”Heather put her arm around Marek’s shoulder and pulled him in to hug him tightly.“So I made this room and took my revenge for John.” Marek whispered into Heather’s shoulder. He shrugged slightly and sniffing he stepped back from Heather for a moment.“Afterwards I didn’t feel as comfortable in this place, I was worried about what I could do here, what I could become.”Wiping his eyes Marek smile looked full of his concern for Heather.“Revenge can feel good at the time, but it can haunt you. But the Medlink Cray had recently been hooked up to the 'UltraWeb', a high-speed connection between many other major world systems. So, after considering this data for nearly two full seconds - an eternity to the Cray - it 'debated' it's options. And, faced with this insoluble dilemma, the Cray 'cried for help'.* * * * * At the National Security Agency, a technician, waiting for a code-breaking program, working on Iraqi military transmission, to finish it's run, frowned as an error. After that, all I heard was the singing of clashing steel as we sparred.I know they let us continue for at least a quarter mark, mainly because of the huge number of spectators who showed up to witness what had to sound like a full-fledged sword battle between dozens of troops. That gave the men who’d waited outside of town time to surround the knot of pirates.Suddenly cries of pain and shouts of surprise filled the air around us. “Ki,” a much different voice shouted, although we both.