“She’s a phenomenal engineer,” Myi hurried to argue, seeing their indecision. “Given her small size, she can access compartments others can’.... Her thin fingers can reach connections you couldn’t, and they’re longer so she can grasp things in tight confines you never could.”“Not that only,” Chich’k continued. “I warrior mighty in own right. I travel through alien ships via ductwork, surprise rather than attack outright. No one takes me seriously, until I’m on them, moving too quickly to strike.”. And silence. Total, complete silence.********************She was enveloped in blackness. Soft. Velvety. She was floating in it. Floating free. Blackness. Silence. So peaceful. So very, very peaceful. No pain, no fear. Just peace. She was at peace. At peace with herself and with the universe.She noticed something. Something in the blackness. Light. Just the smallest pinpoint of light. So tiny she almost failed to notice it. It was in the far distance, well beyond her reach. But it seemed to be. ’ ‘When it came out, Biggie went to juvie for attempted sexual assault, and Mike went too, for assault resulting in maiming. He would have got off scott free because it was self defense, but he used a weapon, so he had to go down. Biggie swore he’d get his revenge, but they sent them to separate facilities. Mike came back for a couple of months later and he was freakin’ huge! I didn’t recognize him. It changed him, and he soon was the kingpin. He stopped all the assaults, made everybody behave.. The lance had a pennant, but in the center of the back of the chair, a flagstaff held high his heraldic arms of “A warrior with lance, mounted on a caparisoned wheelchair.” This ironmongery turned out to be plastic and aluminum foil, but it was the thought that counted. As he started to roll to it, two white-uniformed aides raised apparent brass herald trumpets and blew a fanfare, which eventually traced to the speakers under his chair. Nevertheless, when the fanfare ended, one of the heralds.