“No, of course not. I was just curious that’s all.” “That’s all right then. We wouldn’t want any improprieties would we?” he said with a...grin. “No, I’m sorry to have bothered you,” she said and began to turn away. “Hold on a second,” he said causing her to turn back. “You’re right, they are the biology test. I just took over the class and wanted to get them graded quick. I wouldn’t want the Dean breathing down my neck,” he said grinning again. “You’re not my professor,” she told him. “My. There was a public data terminal mounted on the wall, shaped vaguely like a payphone. It would allow the user to access information such as bus schedules, emergency services, and maps of the city. He activated it, relieved to see that it was still functional, and apparently still connected to the municipal intranet.The city was managed by a dumb-AI known as the Superintendent. It was responsible for keeping the trains running on time, making sure that there were no traffic jams, plotting. “The US Army set up a fort near El Paso, just after the war started. They were supposed to be mounted infantry, but they didn’t have any horses. Instead of buying our horses, they did just like the damned Federales did, and requisitioned our horses. They did give us a piece of paper that they said would be exchanged for $10 per head. All Raul and I had to do to get paid, was present the paper to the Quartermaster in San Antonio.” He paused and gave a derisive snort. “San Antonio! They said it. His protests had fallen on deaf ears, Beth, their mother, had said she was going with us and that was final. When Beth was not looking Meg had put her hands on her hips and stuck her tongue out at Jim, quarreling as brothers and sisters frequently do.We put on our packs and started up the trail. When we had gone about a mile all uphill we reached a rocky bluff that looked over the city below. The bluff had a giant flat faced boulder part way in the ground and the other part sticking out of the.