" Ahh, weres are real? I guess this is the Land Beyond. So how did he ripher off?" Apparently your Sergeant Unkler was to marry the Duchess, but hedis...appeared before the wedding. Her people hope to have him, well nowyou, extradited back to Angharee, the Ducal Seat."Manny said, "That doesn't sound right, the sergeant often spoke aboutfinding some rich woman to look after him." He probably learned the Duchess is a were-spider, like her mother. TheGrove knows there are enough ghastly rumours about. I used to date her in back in high school, but I'll tell you more about that later.At the time she was looking right at me and I had to say something. I just didn't know what."All right, what do you want to know?"Seeming perplexed, Gwen replied, "I don't know." She thought a second and then asked, "How about we start with the sexual positions I don't know?" Do you know any other positions than missionary?" I asked.Her answer was short and simple, "No." Well, first there's missionary inverted.. .. you're going to be gone a week." Or more. Megan needs us" Shit!" Life is full of disappointment and anguish, Bill." I know, I know. I'll get over it." Or not." Mina laughed"Or not." Bye, Bill." Bye, Mina." Bye, Laurel ... stay out of trouble." Damn you, Bill, I was going to say that." Mrs. Fox pouted."I know ... you're a mom." Bye, Bill." The two women loaded up and taxied away."That's a pretty plane, Bill." I know, Mike ... we going to rescue airplanes today?" Nope ... I need to talk to the. In the not too distant future man would go to the edge of his system andhe wouldn't be alone. In the same development span that brought theplasma engine into existence, so too the robotics with an artificialintelligence that would guide it. That robot, as Chuck calmed himself,was humming soft electrical noises from a dozen different directions.Susan, named for the senior programmer that originated the firstoperational code, was that system. Right now she was a room sized seriesof computers.