Nly allowing himself to sulk for a couple minutes Felix finally showeredand put on clothing. He wandered down to the lab and, wondering if hecould get... access, tried the thumb pad. The display turned green and thedoor quickly slid open for him. 'When in the world did Lucy program myinformation in to the system?' He thought to himself.He went over to the computer Dr. Nguyen was working on before "his"conversion and saw that it wasn't password protected. It appeared asthough a program was left. I chewed and swallowed. “Gillian, why have you been avoiding me?”“I haven’t...”“Gillian,” I interrupted as quietly and gently as I could, “remember what I do? If I’ve done something wrong, if I’ve offended you in some way, please, tell me.”“I can’t ... I don’t want ... to say.”I sighed, and sipped at my coffee as I tried to work out where to go next. “Lovely coffee, as usual,” I said, in lieu of anything more profound.She glanced up with a slight smile. “It’s the Macchu Picchu you told me. If the canteens ran out of energy, then they would have to be filled conventionally from a fresh water source. Who knew where they might find one of those.“We must find shelter,” Zhari said, and McGregor nodded in agreement.“The area is pretty rocky, there must be caves around here. If we can find one, we can hole up and wait for help. If the other landing parties succeeded then a UNN fleet is going to pound those orbital defenses into space debris. They’ll find us once the planet is. Chaotic, use to the slow pace and easy to find solitude of the monastery he wasunprepared for the crush of humanity that surrounded him as he carried his small bag into the plane terminal. ‘Can I help you’ the young woman behind the counter asked an obviously flustered Sun. ‘I am’ Sun began, pausing as a passerby jostled him, making him drop his bag. ‘I am looking for flight 919 to Tokyo’ he said, exasperated by the un-natural speed of this place. ‘How does anyone find quiet in such a place’ he.
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