“Now it is almost time for lunch, shall be break for lunch and Merthar and his crew can come back after lunch and keep working, everyone climb into ...he truck.” All the working crew climbed into the back and my new guests and Merthar climbed back inside the truck. I drove slowly back to the garage and unloaded. We went into the main cave and lunch was being served. Stew again, but this smelled different, aha, fish stew today, that was the new smell.We all ate lunch and I took the men back to the. "Go ahead and order your materials to be fast freight, or overnight if you can, because I need them really bad," he said, sounding stressed.I asked him if he had e-mail and replied that he did, so I asked him to send me a Purchase Order for the price he had been paying."You mean I can't get the same deal as Gene. Gene said he was getting the frames done to spec for five grand. Can't I get them for that," he pleaded."I'm sorry, I assumed you were getting them for that or less already. Sure,. " David said."Well, you know the medical side. I don't have many guests in my life. Cabin fever would get pretty bad after a while. Never been a clotheshorse. I guess uniform rental is pretty cheap." Cathy said with a sardonic grin. "What else?" This is a way station. Not a cancellation. You get to do some things while you are here, but you can't leave here outside of a package. And we were hoping you could take a more active role in the job responsibilities." David said."How active?" Cathy. I don't know how many ships will be with her, but you have to believe quite a few. I figure we have eighteen hours until she arrives in system."Komirri nodded calmly. "As soon as we detect them entering the system I will contact you Milord. If they follow standard High Coven System Entry Protocols it will take those ships eleven point five hours from point of Gate Debarkation to reach us here. And our passive long range scans have shown only one Gate into this system. We will move to drop you.