"Dr. Jeff" was relatively young, only in his late twenties, and Megan assumed that he went by his first name in an attempt to connect with his student.... To be fair, she thought it worked reasonably well; Dr. Jeff was attractive and well-spoken, and enjoyed a degree of popularity among the students, especially the underclassmen. Megan thought that he was nice enough, even though he gave her a slightly skeezy vibe from time to time, seeming a bit too interested in his female students for her. “Why don’t you start and tell me who you are and how you ended up here?”The strange being put his left hand on his chest and said: “I am Lord Lumis, protector of Light and Life. I was once a humanoid like you. My race was among the very first in this Universe that reached the stars. Have you ever heard of the Narth?”Har-Hi said. “Yes I have, one of my best friends is Narth.”This obviously surprised the being and he said stepping back. “You speak the truth. I was ready to dismiss such impossible. " No, you know as well as I do that the guild doesn't work that way. Ifsomeone pisses them off, they just pull the plug on any hirings andrefuse to hire out more to the offending party. That usually bringswhoever it is down pretty quickly. Everyone uses the Mercenary's Guildfor muscle and troops these days." True," Perry agreed, then looked up from the report with a grimexpression. "Which leaves something I prefer not to think about here." What would that be?" That they had help from the. This was something new; not just the information but also the whole setup. Although her degree was in electrical engineering she'd been employed by the university on a completely fictitious set of documents and so had to act a part.Now her curiosity was aroused, "What's this you're looking at anyway, Eddy?" she asked, her hands now stroking his shoulders to add to his distraction."It's something new the AI's have set up," said Edward. He shrugged carefully, not wanting to disturb the girl's.