"I checked out the logbook of the old C-9 Skytrain and found that nothing had changed since my flight in the same bird the week before. There was no i...ndication on the maintenance sheet that the pressurization leak had been fixed; the problem was signed off as 'Can not duplicate on the ground.' I swore at the book but noticed that Ron Simmons had added a note that read, 'Needs an in-flight check.'I called over the student manning the maintenance control desk and said, "Call Ron Simmons' room and. Believe me that's a big improvement since yesterday morning." Tony what do you plan to do?" Well she can't go back to her home. I'm bringing her home with us. She is Marj and Chris' niece after all. After that I intend to hire my mother to make sure some dumbass judge doesn't decide to send her back." Tony, have you thought this through? Moving her across state lines opens up a whole new can of worms." Is there really that much to think about Mom? She can't go back. I can't leave her to sleep. If it were true, it meant that a whole slew of mind-altering herbs worked in a manner that was totally different from what accepted wisdom dictated.And it would mean that her approach had indeed been completely wrong from the start.Evella rushed back to her apparatus. She shut off all the valves and began the task of emptying and cleaning it. She had a new experiment to start.Q'ixanna shot out of his seat. "Absolutely not!"Q'yros sighed. Arguing his case before the Guildmaster had been as. ..6...“Just how big did he say he was?” ...3…2... “Ding!”The docile chime snapped at her like a whip and she opened her eyes with a gasp. The doors slid open.“Hello, Mia,” Miguel said, standing in the elevator car before her.Time seemed to suspend itself for a moment. Mia heard her own heart beat and breaths. “Oh God,” she whispered. She felt like she was falling backwards in slow motion.A large, dark-skinned hand snatched her wrist and pulled her into the elevator. Suddenly time not only.