We’re still running under EMCON and we haven’t been picked up by the Sa’arm.”He looked hard at me. “Getting ready to bug out?”I looked him...in the eye. “What are your orders, Captain?”He relaxed. “We got the intelligence that we came for. They’re Sa’arm. Get my ship home.”“Aye Aye, Captain.”LeCroix closed his eyes with a smile and the medtube lid closed down.“What’s our status, NAV?” I asked.“Drifting sir. Engines are off line. In our current orbit we will intersect Thesius in 207 hours.”I. His assignment was to study the mating habits of Marqueline dragonfly, and astroprojection allowed him to observe the insect up close and without disturbing his subject.But before he got into a trance, he decided he'd apply something he had learnt. He conjured a mana-void and programmed a simple heat transference code that regulated the temperature and humidity. Another way he had changed since he immersed himself in this culture, now he adjusted his environment to suit him, rather than adjust. Rules, Ineeded some sort of guidelines about this and the first had to be -Unicorn rule number one: don't feed squirrels.I wandered out to the kitchen and immediately found unicorn rule numbertwo: don't eat meat."I'm going to out this evening," Mom said from behind me. She held out atwenty-dollar bill. "You want to call out for pizza?" Yeah, that's great. And a movie?" Okay, but -- I'd better make the call. What do you want?" All veggies for me. I think I'm going to be a vegetarian from now. Suddenly Linda leapt out of bed and disappeared into the entrance passage into their room. Nikki thought Big Sis had experienced a sudden urge to pee. She soon realized that her sister had gotten up to lock the door. It was too perfect to be true, she thought, trying to remain calm and detached as if her sister's actions had no special meaning.Linda returned to her bed, and to her earlier spot next to Nikki. While toying with her sister's hair, she said, "Nikki?"Nikki turned over, her eyes.