"I bet it did. Looks like you won't be able to sit for at least two days." Digging my fingernails deeper and deeper, she squirmed around and began to ...rin her teeth."P... Please, Miss Melissa... t... that hurts s... so bad." I moved my head close to her ear and whispered"It's a punishment, dear. It's supposed to hurt. Otherwise you won't learn your lesson. Now what was it again?" I m... must not e... ever lie to M... Miss Melissa." She did her best not to cry and I let go of her. Then I grabbed. Jennings," said Tina, watching Marsha Ellis wince, "they never got around to that part. If they had, it would have been a whole different story. Since they didn't, to me, it was just a fight. It happens, you know? Plus, I guess it's kinda obvious by that tape that I've had some training on how to fight. I'm no stranger to bruises and scrapes, because we train pretty hard. This was just a real-life example of how much more martial arts training I need." You don't seem to need any help in that. "He agreed and ordered his second little bottle of brandy and some soda and another glass of red wine for her. It could be an interesting night he thought, a night with a pretty stranger with the lights low after a good meal and a few drinks.After the trolley dollies had fed everyone and coffee had been served and cleared, the cabin lights were dimmed and the planeload of intrepid travellers settled down to spend the night as comfortably as possible.Business Class was almost empty, with most of. The captain’s chair had the ability to monitor the coils and even to issue commands to jettison a failing coil in an emergency. Similar controls were included at the railgun station, but the captain was assumed to be the final arbiter on if it was necessary.The information flow continued. I soon found that I was receiving the memory of using the controls on the captain’s chair to view a rail gun in operation. Several warning flags were shown as well as the primary factors in causing each flag.