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Chap. 410 One week later My hands are sweating, Data thought, as he stepped onto the stage. The implications of what I read not an hour ago are mind numbing. Raylan was stunned, too. “We’ll have to tell them,” Data said. Raylan nodded, numbed. “You will help me?” “Of course,” Raylan said, “Although I have…

Chap. 409 Disguises P’jar was surrounded by several people, all talking about his idea of planting Landing’s commons areas in order to disguise it. “Where we will get the plants?” “Um…” P’jar looked over the crowd’s heads to catch K’ndar’s eye. K’ndar recognizing it, joined him. And soon regretted it. “K’ndar, here, he’s met people…

Chap. 408 The Morning After Raylan waited as his division crowded into their conference room. I’m going to need a larger room, he thought, my division has grown after Admin shuffled everyone during the shutdown. I recognize most of the new folks, but it will take some time for them to assimilate into MY way…

Chap. 407 I love a rainy night The message from the cargo transport’s captain appeared on the big screen in the auditorium. Not a word was said as people read the message. Then, the crowd gasped and moaned, almost in unison. Data looked out over the crowd. Some of them looked as if they were…

Chap. 406 The Factory Ship “Excuse me, ma’am, do you remember me?” The young apprentice looked shyly at Jansen. She and Crista were working together on the database. They were trying to understand the radio antenna’s first message. They’d moved into the same room they’d been in the day they found the shifting of work…

Chap. 405 The Signal “Come take a look at the ‘building’, Darnell said. He was in K’ndar’s quarters, ironically, fixing a leaky shower head. “They’ve finally uncovered it?” The man laughed. “Finally. What lucky yobs they are, it’s not a building at all.” “What? What is it?” “It’s a structure. It has metal beams, a…

Chap 404  Two Cheated Women “Now that we’ve figured out who meddled with my roster, with misappropriation of Landing materials, hacking into multiple databases and I’m sure if we dig deep enough, we’ll find even more mischief, what shall we do about Wendall?” Chief Evvelin said. The others were all thinking the same thing. There…

Chap. 403 The Dowser “I remember this commons,” Darnell said, “It’s got to be the biggest one in Landing. Where did you dig?” P’jar looked for the building to get his bearings, and threw an arm out to point. “Waaay over the other end, much nearer to the building than here. Do you want to…

Chap. 402 The Frozen Gear “Who’s that coming?” Danno said. Even at the distance, K’ndar recognized the typical gait of a dragonrider. “It’s my coworker, P’jar. He rides brown Falconth.” When P’jar reached them, he looked at K’ndar in astonishment. Then he scanned the team, in heavily coated ash coveralls, the piles-small ones-of solidified ash,…

Chap. 401 Building the nest “The thing that perplexes me,” Evvelin said, “Is how I missed it all these years. I admit that sometimes this computer stuff befuddles me, but I should have seen that someone had changed my rosters and duty assignments.” Christa scrolled through her data. “I’m sorry, ma’am, but, I don’t even…