Kal’s mom came back out as the girl changed, she stood in front of the young farmer with her hands on her hips, “Explain, and quickly, she won’t...take long to change.”Kal thought for a moment, “Short answer. Brother was beating her, knights took her from the brother. The lady who gave us the money for your cure also saved the girl at one point. Knights gave the girl to the lady who called on me as her servant to take care of her.” He shrugged, “And here we are.”His mother’s eyes went wide,. They will get pissed but have to put up with it. I see why our involvement being deniable is important though. It's rather neat.” Sal's astute lawyer mind had analysed all of it.A number of dry runs were done all of which paid very well. Erika proved to be a very effective server who Margaret ad Nicola would have been happy to employ on her merits. Alex and Linda were also regularly helping as servers now which ad allowed Linda to give up pub work With the income they were getting from work for. .."Eric stopped, pulling her to a halt. "For what it's worth, he comes across as being honest. He said something about not knowing how he was going to solve the problem. That doesn't sound like someone who is lying. Nevertheless, we need to be very careful. He mentioned 'blocks.' Whatever they are, maybe they're the answer. But I don't want them screwing around with the minds of my daughters. And I damn sure didn't like them tranquilizing Alice and Terri." He tightened his grip on Angie's hand. There were seating groups of sleek looking vari-form seats and rubber trees. The floor to ceiling behind the Old Highlander gave a grandiose view into a truly gigantic man-made cavern. Big enough to accommodate several of the Union’s biggest battleships.The landing field, however, was empty at the moment.The old admiral was not alone. The being next to him was the mighty All Gray and to his other side Admiral Lydaa. A little removed, from the three VIPs, was a small crowd of high ranking.