"Just in from the Vortex?" Frank asked, smiling as he rose. "Welcome to Earth." It's a lot heavier than I remember," the older man grinned. "Living in... New Eden you forget how real gravity pulls on you."Frank chuckled, liking the stranger instantly. "You've been on Earth before, then," he suggested, not remembering the neatly bearded, rugged, middle-aged man among the refugees who had escaped Solar City on the Phoenix III a dozen years earlier."Yeah," the older man replied. "I worked in. ‘I don’t, not yet anyway.’ I said. ‘But if he’s not a BigPharmaCorp employee, I’ll want to talk to Nash about it, and make sure he’s not… ‘distracted’ by the other cases and their relation, or lack of it, to this one. Part 13 – Case Work At 10:00am, Paulina Patterson came into my office, her face looking very concerned. ‘Everything okay with the baby?’ I asked. ‘Oh!… just fine, just fine.’ she said, giving a brief smile. But it vanished quickly as she said ‘Your Detectives were denied entry to. I trip over my feet and stumble, the anonymous hands steady me and whisper to me ‘please find me’. I tilt my head on one side and follow the inviting voice, the sooner I find someone the quicker the game will end or so I thought? I walk with my hands outstretched not knowing the layout of the room, this is a colleagues house and I have never visited before drunk or sober. I feel my way along the sofa, the male voice taunts me, I wonder to myself if I know this person? I reach the wall and turn. . leave, and you can..." And she was actually edging toward the front door.She is very afraid for herself. The thought appeared strongly in my mind, and I knew it came from Asmedogh. He was right, of course; the evening had just turned thoroughly weird for her, and she was frightened where it might go."Camilla, there's no danger here," I said as gently as I could manage. I knew Asmedogh was helping calm her in his own way, too. "He won't hurt you. And neither will I, I couldn't. Please stay and.