" Lynn adjusted the pitch and guided the shuttle towards the stern, where the main landing bay doors were slowly opening for them."True Lynn and we wi...l do something about their activities on our planet." Jen remembered the Crytherians threat and continued, "I also think they only understand one thing and that's power and how it is used. Which I pray we don't have to do, I don't want to be remembered as one of those who destroyed a world." Jen watched as the shuttle flared and landed in the. Yes, she will be outstanding.”Jim said, “Then we should pay her at a premium of $20 an hour, and increase to $22 after six months if all goes well; overtime beyond forty hours should be at $30 an hour; three weeks vacation paid; and we can pick up her healthcare under our Circle plan. We should also get her some insurance and put her on some kind of IRA or 401k or whatever too.”Heads again nodded.Bob stepped in, “Is what Jim said all right? We’ll pay her out of the general fund. Objections?. The stone path leading down was a gentle slope. At the bottom, I looked up ... and up. The hole in the ceiling was hundreds of feet up. A small waterfall lay just past the word wall, emptying into a pool at the bottom of the cavern. At least I knew how the trees got water and light to grow.I felt the word wall calling to me as I approached. Lydia and I were both on guard, but surprisingly enough, nothing jumped out to attack us. I felt the power of the word flow into me. ‘FEIM’ ... fade, become. I'm not ... I'm not moving out, Jon," she said.She could see his face fall, and she realized he must think she had returned willingly to her parents. Which of course was true, but her parents had changed now. So had she. He thought she was willingly jailing herself again, when nothing could be further from the truth.But what was the point of saying it? It didn't matter; not anymore."Well," he said. "Still. We'll split it half and half." No, that's not fair to—" It doesn't matter," he snapped..