It was obvious from the start that the person the manager put at the cash register was a relatively new employee.Things went well for about thirty ite...s and then it was full stop. They needed a price check on an item. The person ringing them up stopped and waited until the person who went to check out the price returned. A few more items were rung up and then there was another item requiring a price check. He stopped to wait for the runner to return.Tim asked, “Can’t you ring up other items. I dislodged a lot of history books on the very bottom shelf and left them lying down, hoping she would come along to tidy up. There was every chance that the assistant would do it. Ironically, I should have been more interested in the assistant. She was slim and pretty, and very young. I remember she said she was from Wigan in the UK; but no; I only had eyes for busty Mrs G.Mrs G came out with the trolley. I let her do all the other aisles, and when I saw she was moving to History, I went over. "But I doubt that I'm going to find anyone like that to... to do anything with in real life. Especially if everyone here thinks I'm too young."Ken sat and thought for a moment, wishing the situation with Tina wasn't so complex. It was kind of difficult on Ari, who had to constantly deal with visions of submitting to her sister. On the plus side, it kept her very horny. On the minus side, the fear and guilt were getting hard for her to deal with. The rest of the Circle, as well as Bill and Gary,. “Damn they are flying directly into the rest of the Mines!”Coldblood could not stop it; no human reaction was fast enough. The last volley of ship to ship missiles and FTL blasts of his ships weapons were already on their way, and the Union ship hit more mines before he could send the deactivation command.The Union Ship was tough but the simultaneous explosion of several Gravo Mines and the impact of the shots triggered some sort of cataclysm. The entire lower half of the ship was instantly.