We are going to stick with the plan. You will stay here with Swarta, and the ship's cook will serve you."Swarta and Mercedes floated away towards the ...ladder unconcerned about the direction this conversation was taking. I looked around the tower alert for some trick or quip from Swarta.Swarta smirked, "If anyone comes looking for you, either Grimm or Tharin will explain that you are in conference and cannot be disturbed. You have only a day left before you are separated from Derwen again."I. The seven we captured yesterday will take a good ten hours to get home,” I replied.“I have a feeling that we’re about to break the back of the rebellion here. If so, I’ll make sure they get back. The cost of flying a cargo plane here and back is much less than what we spend a day just at this base,” he offered.“Thanks, I’ll kick in money for the hay, oats, straw, and anything else they need,” I promised, glad that I’d brought a wad of cash with me. The $2,800 G3s I’d made--betting that I’d. So here I was, an overweight, middle-aged man with a car, a computer, some clothes, a little money in the bank, and little else. No job, no home, no prospects.Dolores welcomed me with open arms, and her fourteen-year-old daughter gave up her Nintendo room with good grace.I had no sooner gotten all my stuff put in some semblance of order, than Dolores lined me up with an interview at her company. The interview went well, and Dolores' recommendation tipped the scales in my favor. I got the job.. I’d first gotten here when you were still asleep, and I was terribly worried, but everyone assured me you were fine. I’m not sure how they could all be so sure about it, though, since head injuries are usually so difficult to diagnose.”“That used to be the case,” came a clear voice from the still open door, as both Ryan and Dr. Padilla entered the room. “But we’re thinking of starting up a new experimental service at a certain local school to try to treat unexpected head injuries on the scene,”.