“Hi!”The voice that called to the two humans didn’t come through their space suited helmets. It echoed through the plane of negation as if it wa...s just an ordinary room. Brash flew by the two of them, carrying one of the replacement components that Speccy claimed was needed to get the Talon-9 ready to fight another space battle. Carlos waved. But once Brash had dipped behind the ship, he turned to face Merton, then leaned forward. Their space-suit helmets clicked together as Carlos turned off. I drove home in Melissa's Merc and as soon as I arrived, I phoned her. "When she stopped laughing at my stories she said, you've done brilliantly, now I want you to do one more thing for me. I want you to get in drag and go to the wine bar near Rebecca's office. She drinks there all the time and I'm betting that's where little Miss Ambition will try to meet her." Over the time I'd lived with Melissa, she had taught me to dress and apply make up, and we had even gone out together and had drinks. I could see that Chanthra was standing beside Sonsri and had her head tipped to the left as if she were listening to something. I could also see that her amulet, which was normally kept out of sight in her blouse, was now visible on the outside of her blouse. A red light flickered on from the amulet for a few seconds and painted the Captain, the surrounding area and the new guards before flicking off. No one said anything about this occurrence, though I had seen it quite clearly, and I had to. Leaving the clothes laid out on the bed I set about the ritual Saturday chores, all the while thinking of ways to show myself off to my son.Later that evening, as we sat in the living room listening to some music on the hi-fi my son gave me the very opening I had been trying to work out all day."So when do I get to see some of these things you bought?" he asked with a mischievous smile."Would you really like to see me in those things?" I asked with a grin."Of course." He laughed."Okay then," I.