”We thought about that for awhile, and decided to try. Most of our experiments at first were terrible failures. I secretly suspect the first few bat...ches we came up with ran the fish to the other side of the pond.I studied carp as much as I could, hitting the internet while ‘Nita worked. There was a surprising amount of information out there. I found out they were scavengers, but were attracted to heat, which I mentioned to the guys the next time we were together. Billy grinned, and the next. 'Now I'm sorry dear girl, but of course you're not old enough for a grown-up drink-would you like a Coca-Cola or a ginger beer?'Jennifer nodded and said thank you. Harlan gave her a tall, ice-cold glass of soda and touched glasses.'Congratulations to you, Jennifer, and here's to a wonderful future ahead of you! Now, tell me darling, what was it like at the end of the evening, when you were taken for the first time? That must be a very intense experience.'Jennifer's eyes got a little larger as. I'm Cindy Richards.Tina: Christina, Tina, Addison.Nikki: Dominique Granger. Nikki.Susan: Susan Ellerbee.Terri: Terri Addison - Tina's stepdaughter.Lesley: You're rather young, even for this group.Terri: I'll be nine. Among other things, I'm working on the requirements for high school. I'll be eleven when I graduate. [shrugs] Age is just a number in this respect - the only real criterion is if you can do the work. Cindy was fourteen and Nikki fifteen when they graduated. Tina and Susan were. Out to Thor 2, out to other asteroid belts, out to other planets – and back. Scoop gas from the gas giants; you've got four of them in the system. Go to your forts. The forts are mobile, right? Have them fire their engines, get them started to move closer to interpose themselves between the Bug armada and Arnis. Then plan a mass confusion of ships back to somewhere else. We should need about three or four days of confusion. And stay out of contact with the Bug fleet, if they don't speed up. If.