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before I stabilized. Whether or not it takes that
long for you I can’t say.”
    Brian
laughed. “What changed for you?”
    Myden
brushed his grey skin with his hand. “All of the genetic imperfections on my
body went away.”
    “So,
you were cured of acne?” Brian asked.
    “You
could say that,” Myden answered. “What happens to you I can’t say. The Naerendi
change wasn’t enough to warrant wearing an exoskeleton all the time. For the
other older races it was necessary.”
    “Why
is that?” Brian asked.
    Myden
pointed to his black eyes. “Our eye structure is much thicker than most races.
The result is although we’re awakened they don’t glow blue unless we’re excited
to a certain level.”
    “Interesting,”
Brian said. “So it’s luck you’re not stuck in a can like I am.”
    “I
guess,” Myden said.
    “What
are my chances?” Brian asked.
    “You’ve
passed the point where the Teacher died,” Myden said. “So you may live.”
    “May
live?” Brian laughed. “There’s nothing as comforting as a firm maybe.”
    “I’m
not a prophet bearing false hope,” Myden said. “That’s why you’ll only hear the
truth from me. If you live, you live. I know my part in the plan and will
execute it to the best of my ability.”
     
    * * *
     
    The
Maidens stayed together as they made their way into a private meeting room on
the Columbia base. After the door closed silence filled the plain room.
    “What
should we do?” Celi asked.
    “I’m
not sure,” Valis said as she looked at the others. “It’s not my place to order
any of you around, but I can question things as I see fit. Right now, I have my
doubts with both the Teacher’s plan and Brian’s modifications.”
    “What
sort of doubts?” Kivi asked.
    “I
doubt either can truly anticipate the future that well,” Valis said. “Even with
the data the sojourners brought back we don’t know enough about our enemy to
make a move.”
    “We
never went close to their central territories,” Celi added.
    “Meaning
we have no clue on their actual numbers,” Seles said.
    “I
have too many doubts right now,” Valis said.
    “We
should focus on the present then,” Mira suggested. “If we can’t see the future
then lets deal with the now. We’ll worry about a war with the Greys when it
actually happens.”
    Kivi
laughed. “You sound like you’ve been around Seles too long.”
    “I
agree,” Celi said.
    “What’s
that supposed to mean?” Seles asked.
    “It
means you two have been around each other for a long time,” Valis said. “But
Mira’s right, we need to think about the now. If the Ick-Tckt attack and we’re
not ready we’ll be destroyed before we can worry about the Greys.” She touched
the wall console and displayed their five mobile suits. “We need to come up
with a plan to defend ourselves.”
    “Spread
attacks worked with the Mjolnir,” Celi said. “Maybe the Artemis and Gemini
working together would do it better.”
    “Then
that’s where we’ll start,” Valis said.
     
    * * *
     
    “Those
two got lucky,” Jesela said while sifting through the gore to get to the pilot
controls.
    “I
agree,” Daes said. “Well, it looks like we’ve got it.”
    “All
we need is for Veda to finish everything off,” Jesela said.
    The
two got out of the craft. They noticed Dreka and Grigon had moved as far away
as they could while Veda held her nose.
    “You
two should go clean up,” Veda suggested.
    “Agreed,”
Grigon said.
    Jesela
looked at the two birdmen. “Next time you two get to climb in bug guts.”
    Her
and Daes quickly headed into a decontamination chamber adjacent to the dock.
After a few minutes they emerged without the sealed suits and rejoined the
other three.
    “We
should have a prototype of the system in a few hours,” Veda said. “Excellent
job everyone.”
    “You
shouldn’t praise us until it actually works,” Dreka said.
    “Of
course,” Veda said. “But for now the base can at least detect