It was hard and rather course and where the face should have been was this bright yellow mask like some rag that had been carried by the wind and wrap...ped itself around the mannequin’s face. She came in and Zak started to work on prising the mask off. He worked gingerly at the edges as he didn’t want to disrupt the caste. As it started to come away Ellie gasped. When Zak had stepped back she was left staring straight at herself. It was her in every detail and yet her on a lifeless form that. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you… I’ve doomed us all with my arrogant belief that I’m always right.’ ‘Yep! That sounds like you, all right.’ ‘Be quiet! I’m trying to concentrate. This isn’t how you ‘right-find’. Don’t be so aggressive. I’m losing the image!’ ‘It’s right here. Come to where I am.’ ‘Where are you?’ ‘Believe it or not, I’m on the great ship. Can you see it? Look! There are female crew members! That’s amazing. I wonder what happened to them?’ ‘I thought the ship’s complement was. 00the director we has a special 2 subs sold as one. We were led out with a chain between our collars a real contract older sub in me and a young girl sub he read of what the subs could be used for and the bidding started at $500.soon went to $2,,000 then $4,000 and we were sold at $4,000 they were led to a Mistress who smiled at me and said they will be back tomorrow at 10. I bought an very young sub looked like she was no older than 18 and my friend master bought a sub that was I would say 60. The other, in thecenter of the village, was lower and apparently for residential use.The village was oozing a terminally quaint flavor with a rambling,stained shake hotel and several market places. The only vehicles weregolf carts and working utility or construction equipment, those beingrestricted to the boatyard and an adjoining mini railhead. All in all itlooked like a perfect mixture of Disneyland and a well ordered SmurfVillage.Julian wondered for a moment about how he had arrived here. It.