Ee-La stood close, her eyes raised to his. Eyes like chips of emerald against the pale blue of her skin...Dean wrenched himself back to reality. He sp...oke staccato phrases into the microphone, telling of this illusive attack on his mind. Every detail would be of value, revealing vital facts about this enemy. Facts that could, perhaps, be put together to make a larger pattern of strengths and weaknesses. It was already plain that the illusionists were not from this tiny barren world, with its. .. she had dark eyes that always sparkled, a laugh that could be heard across campus, and when not in class, seemed to be always holding court with dozen of friends and a few hopeful admirers who had taken notice of her figure and hoped to maybe sample it a little bit more intimately.Such was not to be. Lindsey might flirt outrageously, but her heart and all the rest of her belonged to one G. James O'Brien, whom she called Dutch while in the company of his family. The two got married after she. She was called for the second shift and two hours after that I joined my relief shift and off we went.I didn't pay attention to all the guard posts, figuring whichever one I was placed at would be the only one that would really matter. I had heard the Sergeant of the Guard and the Relief Commander discussing that the post an individual was first placed at would remain that person's assignment.Only six of us remained when the truck halted again and everyone was told to get out. We were standing. I had misread the date days ago. The interview was today, in half an hour!I panicked. I really needed to land that job. I would have no time to go home and change. Cancelling was out of the question, I could easily lose the chance. I apologized to the cashier for leaving the groceries and ran out of the store. I ran the few blocks to take the train, then several other blocks to the office building where I was interviewing. The heat, humidity, and running had played a number on me. I was sweaty,.