.tiara?" My shoreman grimaced as she stared atmy golden, bejeweled headpiece."Randi made it for me for the mission." I hoped the sadness I wasfeeling ...remained hidden behind my makeshift smile."Where is Ms. Van Pelt? Chief Samuels wanted to ask her opinion for anew something-or-rather on Sand Dollar." Randi stayed behind. We have to go back and get her after we figureout what happened." Is she alright, Skipper? I'm getting some really strange emotions fromall three of you." The ensign paused a. They hide inconvenient truths with more polite terms. They don't like the crude but honest terms of 'killing' or 'murdering, ' preferring 'dealing with the problem' or 'doing away with' or 'terminating' or the one I found in popular fiction that I particularly liked: 'terminating with extreme prejudice.'The fact that I was euphemistically challenged in the same way that normal humans are was good. It didn't change the facts though.Could I hire another agent to kill her? I doubted that I could. No. You made a bet that resulted in you putting on a skirt thismorning." But that was just..." You started this. Not me. And, then, you went ahead and made thedrive here a living hell." But..." Do you think that I want my son dressed up like a girl?" Um...well..." The answer is no, but you opened the can and then acted like a petulantlittle girl by throwing a complete and total hissy fit!" I wasn't..." You still are! If you're going to act like a little girl, enjoy beinga girl for a day. . "...interesting. i've tried slime forms beforebut nothing like this." she said in the same bubbly voice as Andrea had.Andrea returned to her slimy form, slowly going over to Markus. "Do youthink this form is going to be as tight as your original?" Only one way to find out. Jaina, you can take him." Andrea pointed atJeremy who seemed a bit surprised but willing.Jaina seemed a bit uncertain of what to do, but she approached Jeremysmiling and got down to her knees... or well she tried to but what.