The Draconian nodded.  "Yes, Mistress.  I have the information for 
Lombardi's mission, but was directed to only give it to you in 
private."

Once more the fantasies surged to the front of Jessie's mind at the

thought

of having Arika alone, but she fought them down.

This is excessive. Quite repeating yourself in stating Jessie 
is attracted to her.

	Hmm. When I first read this story, it didn't strike me as being
truly excessive. I understood it as reinforcement of the concept that
the attraction was being imposed artificially.

Arika nodded, and stood, pressing the disc on her hip.  Her 

skinsheath 

vanished, revealing it had been entirely holographic, and obviously 
generated by the belt, which then released and was set 

aside.  "Then 

may I offer my mistress entertainment to while away the time?"

wile (I think)

	Nope. "While" is correct. "While" means: 1 : a period of time
especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a
condition : time <stay here for a while>. 2 : the time and effort used
(as in the performance of an action) : trouble <worth your while>. The
saying "while away the time" draws on meaning #2.

	"Wile" means: 1 : a trick or stratagem intended to ensnare or
deceive; also : a beguiling or playful trick. 2 : skill in outwitting :
trickery, guile. The term "wily", which draws on meaning #2, is the most
common use of the word these days.

Jessie leaned back to look at the ceiling, idly twirling 

Arika's curls
with

her fingers.  "Found something one day.  A big ruin under the ice.

Stumbled

across it by sheer happy accident.  When I made inquires 

into salvage 

rights, all of a sudden, I had Darkstarr Industries 

breathing down my
neck.

When I refused to sell, they bought my company out from 

under me, and
tried

to force me to tell them where the ruins were.  That's why 

I faked my
death.

They can't get to the ruins without me, and I'll be damned 

if I'm just
going

to hand them over.  Sooner or later, they'll realize 

they're not going 

to find the place without me.  That's probably why your 

creator wants 

me to play bait.  I can get close to the target by dangling the 
location in

front

of him.  Then, while he thinks I'm taking them to the 

ruins, I simply
direct

him to the pickup point, and extraction gets made.  I 

disappear again 

as Jessie, and no-one knows what happened."

Odds are the ruins will have a role to play in this then

	Hey, Lance... Just realized that I've always forgotten to tell
you that use of a hyphenated "no-one" is incorrect. It's "no one" -- at
least according to Merriam Webster's thesaurus. That's one of your
favorite spelling errors. Your other favorite mistake is getting mixed
up about correct punctuation, but DB has covered most of the errors in
this chapter.

Arika smiled.  "Very intriguing.  I do not have any 

information on the 

EOT other than basic diplomatic protocols and cultural analysis.  
Would it surprise you to learn that Andromeda considers the EOT a

am

	"an"

_My face.  My face and a different gender.  I'm a *he* now. 

 Have to 

get used to it._

Hmm. Interesting detail.

	Yep. He really -is- a male lesbian, isn't he?  ^_-



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     Larry F

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