His plan for revenge against Xerba had failed. Since he had tasks that couldn't be done from the offices, he turned towards the lifts.The first item w...as an admission that fifty-two engineers were not enough. "Strike that," Ferro said aloud in the empty corridor. "Fifty-one engineers and one moron aren't enough."The moron in question was Svegen Bernhardt who was still aboard Callisto. Bernhardt had refused to sign up on the sheets from the beginning of the shift. The last Ferro had heard about. The man that grabbed me, offered his chair. I accepted and sit down.This older gentleman, I guessed about fourth years old or so, turned to me in his chair. He took my hand and kissed it."Pardon me for being so forward," he said with the same Russian accent as the other gentleman. "You are great beauty, my name is Mikhail, these two (pointing to the two men with him) are my bodyguards." "Nice meeting you Mikhail, I'm Star, (which was my stage name."I get you drink yes?" Sure, thank you" I said. " Carlos walked in, trailed by a bearded man fromthe jungle, an ancient man clad only in a loincloth.The man muttered something to Carlos, who relayed on to Hans what hesaid. "He says he can make any woman fall in love with you,irretrievably, whole-heartedly, in love with you. He says she will betransformed permanently into your loving mistress.About damn time he had a mistress, Hans thought. He deserved it.The wizard muttered again. "What did he say?" said Hans.Carlos said, "He says. Let's go to class."She squeezed my hand and gave a half smile.After geometry, Renee and I headed to English. As soon as we left the building, stepping onto the green, she stopped and turned in front of me."You shouldn't have said anything, Tyballa!" It turned out fine." That's not the point." Oh?" I told you not to do it."I stepped past her, turning away dismissively. "Sometimes I don't do what I've been told."She grabbed my arm and spun me in front of her."Tyballa!"I jerked away and broke.