“Yes, Sir,” Stephen said snapping a salute.“Go forth and graze,” Magus said. He pushed the button on the side of his desk and waited for his d...esktop to move out of the way and for the projector to start. He was busy typing before Stephen managed to get out of the room.An hour later, Claudia was back in Magus’ office. She had been sitting there nearly two minutes waiting for him to say something about her situation. He kept glancing at her and then shaking his head. She nearly jumped when Magus. " It's not broken, it's drained." How can you tell?"I pointed to the blinking light on the dash. "It's what the red light'sfor." Is there a spare?"I checked the manual. "Doesn't look like it." Okay, so what do we do to fix it?" It has to be exposed to a pure negative energy source. While we're here,that means water." Good. I could use a drink."I raised a hand as I read. "Don't drink any of the water here. If you do,you'll die." Lovely." She grunted, stretched out her arms as much as she could. "I'd heard that very few people even got invited to try out with theCircle so I was half sure that it was some sort of a mistake. However Ididn't think that it really made much difference, since I didn't reallyintend on going. After all mysterious secret societies weren't exactlywhat I was looking for in a college experience.With a shrug I slipped the business card into my pocket and continuedback to my current living place. I still had to find both a job and anew place to live so couldn't. ” I pointed with my right hand as I spoke.“Oh yeah, but I’d have to get up at about 4.30 am each morning, wouldn’t I?” She had asked.I simply smiled.“Probably not seen as it tends to me who does the early shift with one of them – generally Doreen – and the rest of the hours are probably after college in the evening or at the weekend.”“Worth asking.” I had added, just as Doreen appeared in the doorway that led up to the flat above the shop.She noticed Nicola standing there immediately and smiled.