By this time the guards had managed to shoot out the lock in the far door and dodged inside before sounding an all clear.Serice then summoned us to th...e room that the guards had forced open and along a narrow corridor. Inside was an almost exact copy of the Throne room in miniature save for the full-sized throne in it. There was no sign of Oonagh, but it showed signs of having been in use recently. There was also a bookcase holding several tomes, a few of which were warded, that Talshish was. The Croclin are the most dangerous because there are more of them.”I turned as she yawned, “Rest for now. The Cariss are still trying to find out what happened.”She sat back and closed her eyes, I relaxed but kept watch. When the Cariss patrol walked under the tree I touched Dawn. Her eyes snapped open and I gestured for her to stay silent. Before she could answer or do anything an adult Croclin screamed and ripped into them. I shifted and watched the carnage below us until the Croclin pulled a. "Remember that I explained about knowledge from other hosts, and that everything required other technologies as a foundation?" Al asked."Yes," Caleb said warily."Nanotechnology is a foundation technology," Al explained excitedly. "You already have your degree in electronic engineering. If we combine your meager knowledge of electronics with what he knows..." Hey!" Caleb complained. "I get the picture. I'll figure something out."JJ and Kim had followed Collette into the kitchen to finish. " Well, when he got in the next morning, there was a message to call the shift manager. He did, and the manager was very apologetic, he had a note from the night manager, and he explained why his job was not running, and why the tape wasn't getting mounted. The night manager saw my father's job start, and the request to mount the tape came up on his console, which meant the operators at the main console would have seen the request as well. But after twenty minutes, it was still there – it.