'' yes , that is our plan , '' marek conceded , glaring at her . '' i also know that you 'll fail , '' selerael said in a cold tone . '' there is a back-up mechanized unit on maerus ' third moon and a clone traveling to goeur . '' at this , marek 's eyes darted anxiously to the outer walls of the room and then back to selerael

'' at least he sounds happy , '' vianez said and stood up and grabbed her robe . '' wish me luck . '' she bumped into tam on her way to the stairs . they glanced at each other for a moment then turned their attention to their parents who had walked into the house carrying annon . '' you found him ! '' tam let out a whoop and jumped the last four stairs

' makes my eyes water just looking at it . cover him up , will you ? i 'm getting an inferiority complex . ' dillow said , ' hmm . what 's this ? ' with the tunic pulled back , a pouch of the same material as the tunic was revealed below the ribcage . they could see a strange shaped object hidden in the pouch

he must be flat on his kitchen floor , suffering from the blasted coronary doc burke had been warning him about , and having the mother of all hallucinations . and sure , why would n't he dream up a war zone ? leave it to him to plop himself back to a place he had no unequivocal desire to relive . while he died like a putz in his
kitchen