"Don't worry, Mrs. Newton," River said. "That is a friend of mine. Hewill come back for the other two periods with the other classes. Itwouldn't be fa...r for them to have to just take the lesson from thebook. He won't get this close when I am not around, but he will showup so the kids can see a real wolf." Your friend?" the teacher stammered. "I apologize. You seem to knowmuch more about the flora and fauna of this area than I do, and I'vebeen teaching it for five years."----- -------. Amanda said ?hey coach I give up;? Trying to get out of it before she was hurt badly. ?That wouldn’t be fair to your teammates? Bernadette said. ?As a penalty for the foul the red team has to hit each player 8 times to get the blue team out. However, there must be a consequence of getting hit so the blue team’s remaining players will lose 1 piece of clothing for each hit.? ?But I’m the only blue player left.? Amanda complained. ?You sound determined to lose? the coach announced ?so to make. . "Surgical operation?"Eve asked back, waiting for his confirmation. She was taking her time tryingher best to move, but she couldn?t. The chains were making sure she couldn't doanything. She realized she was helpless for him. "As the best nanomachine specimen, you have so much to be learned, youngprincess," Doctor grinned. He hadn?t done anything, watching his prey totry her best useless attempts was so fun. "Knowing that, you must knowI can break loose with my nanomachines," shesaid. With her. He is a petty officer with years of experience evaluating crewman for me. Listen to him." Thank you, Commander Tarry," I replied, happy he got around to me."He will test you in a number of different ways," he said cryptically.An engineer rating entered the office and handed Tarry a clamp and a standard repair satchel. The commander passed them to me and the tech disappeared without a word."Your new partner is running inspects for me, aft of main engineering. He called in for the clamp in your.