”“I’ll let you have visitors now,” Xi announced. “Your fan club awaits.”Clara, Kate and Ilzik came straight in at Xi’s summons, followed...by Brianna and Elpida and immediately they all, except Ilzik, told me off.“You are a formidable warrior, Mage John,” he finally said when he could get a word in edgeways.“Not a Mage yet, still got loads to learn,” I chuckled, having come to like Ilzik a lot, despite the history of the Drow war.“Not that much really, John. Just the curse mantras but not till. She was musing about what it would be like to meet him again, when her phone rang. It took three rings for her to throw herself out of bed and trot to the phone table in the living room. “Hello” “Miss Francis please.” “This is Miss Francis.” “Miss Francis, this is Jack Morton, Jimmy’s uncle, remember?” “Has something happened to Jimmy?” She had a flash of Jimmy lying sick or hurt in some way. Jack’s voice was calm and even. “No, no, he’s fine. By the way, he says you’re the best teacher he’s. I nodded and opened the hatch before unplugging and pulling myself in as the others followed. I plugged into the pad just inside and waited to close the hatch until everyone was in. I removed the comp and moved to the control panel and plugged the comp in.I bypassed the ship bridge notification and started pumping air into the airlock. Once it had a green light I switched the control signal and unplugged the comp. I started climbing out of the suit and the others did too. After a couple of. I think I may have to go to work in January. My assistant takes care of most of the day-to-day stuff. I'll call her in the morning most days, and she'll let me know if there's any place they need me to go." We charge five hundred a day, but if you want to buy five days then we can come down to seventeen-fifty instead of the twenty-five hundred. Is that in your budget?" I'll tell you what. I'll go out tomorrow, and pay the five hundred. If I like the trip, I'll buy another four days for.