Are you mad?”The lecture was about half way over and the professor was drawing a sketch of a greek stage on the blackboard when Scarlett said,“Let...'s get out of here.”I nodded and stood up, and the two of us made for the door. The professor said something to me at that point, but I couldn't catch it. Scarlett waved to him and said,“See ya later.”“Gee, I feel like some kind of delinquent.”Scarlett said to me when we were outside. “Do you think we might get in trouble?”“Let's have lunch first,. I should be talking to their commander in ten days.“My next request was a bit more difficult. I wanted to talk to the Darjee. Specifically, I would like to negotiate with the Darjee, through an appropriate AI interpreter. I realized that they are staying at arms length as much as possible, but they are apparently bearing the brunt of the financial expenses of our colonizations and I believe that I may be of some small assistance to them. We got that too, kind of. The ninety-six-pod ship is one. ”“Like a kipper darling like a kipper. OK I didn’t sign on for having a step-daughter but that’s what I got so we will just have to accept it.” Both women were a little embarrassed by the odd situation and for the rest of the evening made small talk carefully skirting the subject. Eventually Bella went to bed and slept surprisingly well.Going down stairs the next morning she assumed that Sal was still asleep. Bella made some coffee and had toast and marmalade for breakfast. Then she heard. Mary didn't know how long she had slept. When she woke up it was still dark and there was no sound from upstairs. She did hear a soft breathing from somewhere in the basement but she couldn't see anything. She was shivering cold and extremely uncomfortable. There was little room to move around in the cage and nothing covering her but her stiff tight smelly pants. The odor of her continual excretions and piss were overpowering. She did her best to get comfortable and again fell into exhausted.