Now this was the way to mine gold!Jim had managed to work out a way to control the permeability of the portal from the target side, so they could open...the doorway whenever they wished. He positioned the portal at the gold site and they set out to recover as much gold as they could in a reasonable amount of time. Susan had researched the most productive sites from the old records, so they were able to save themselves quite a bit of searching time. Once a location was stripped, the were able to. This was quickly followed up by the man teacher in a very stern tone with ‘and make sure you shower please. I do not want to return you to your parents as sweaty smelly messes’.As soon as he’d spoken there was an eruptions of thunderous footsteps and I heard the hoard of actresses clearly coming down a set of stairs! I panicked. My heart was pounding, and I assumed that they would be coming into my secret under-stage hiding place and I would be caught redhanded (or at least cock-handed).. The labor of years upon years, never complaining when they were harvested.I continued at it, though my strength was flagging quickly. I knew I was activating muscles that weren’t used to being tested, even with all the odd jobs I’d been doing earlier that summer. I was ever reacting to the changing conditions, flailing with a foot here, twisting my arm there, heaving seaweed over the gunwales with only unsteady buoyancy to react against... When we’d about doubled the amount Heather had gathered. ”“And you’re willing to risk our lives just to prove a point to a culture which doesn’t care, and whose future it’s unlikely to change?” Eli challenged.Al shrugged, frowning as he furrowed his brow. “I realize how dangerous it is, but it’s vital for the Tandorians to comprehend the danger with giving anyone absolute control of their security. They now know where they went wrong with trusting their aids so explicitly. They don’t know the extent of the lies they were told—notably as it relates to.