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has the Big
Guy killed them?”
    “Oh
hey, Thad,” I cried.  “This is Caroline Adamson.  Remember me?  You rescued me
on Derius II.  I'm Katie's friend from the Discovery.”
    “Right,
right,” Thad nodded.  “You were the nurse who worked for Jerry.”
    “Jerry
Waldman,” I sighed.  “Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time.”
    “Actually,
nobody has heard it especially since he changed his name.”  Thad chortled until
he started coughing.
    “What
in the heck did he change his name to?” I asked.
    “Dr.
Moonbeam.”  Thad broke into another fit of laughter.  “He’s living on Derius II
now, in the nice part though.  He’s got a clinic called the Holistic Health
Center and he spends his days doling out flowers and teaching yoga lessons.”
    “You
have got to be kidding me,” I gasped.
    “Yeah. 
Get this.  He left Janet practically at the altar and then reincarnated himself
as a new age hippie vegan.  Of course, Janet’s a little scary.  If I was
somehow coerced into marrying her, I might have run off and done the same
thing.”
    “Wow.”
 I glanced at my ring.  “Poor old Jerry just wasn’t lucky with women.”
    “I
don't know about that,” Thad continued.  “He was lucky to escape while he could. 
Anyway, Caroline, I've got more important stuff to tell Taner.  Could you
possibly patch me through to him?”
    “No,”
I declared.  “They're both in meetings trying to do everything they can to stop
this invasion.”
    “You
think they can do anything?”
    “I
don't think so, but what do I know?  Seems like most Rehnorians think Rozari
should belong to the Empire, and the Imperial SpaceNavy is all for it.  It gives
them a chance to demonstrate all their fancy new equipment.  Nobody's going to
say no to HIM either.  If he wants it, he's going to get it.  You’re not home
on Rozari now are you?”
    “Nah,
I’m off in space.  I spoke to my mom yesterday though and just about everyone is
scared shitless.”  Thad laughed again.  “Except my mom of course.”
    “Well
I can have Taner ring you back as soon as he finishes up,” I offered and just
as I said this Taner walked through the door.  “Hi honey!” I called.  He came
over and kissed my check.  His bushy mustache tickled me and despite having
Thad hanging on the line there watching this, I giggled.
    “Taner?”
Thad said.  “You old dog you!  You and Caroline?”
    Taner
smiled back at him, proudly I thought.  “Senya had it right when he said one Human
girl was just the ticket.”  He put his hand on my shoulder, and I blushed like
a school girl.
    “Well,
speaking of,” Thad said, "I have a spaceplane en route to Imperial
Spacebase 29 in the Cascadia sector.  Can you send a couple Imperial planes to
rendezvous with it?  And do me a favor, put Prince Shika aboard one so he can
say hi to his mom.”
    “Katie's
coming home!” I squealed.
    “Well,
not exactly,” Thad replied.  “She's determined to go to Rozari.  She's asked my
dad to set up a meeting with the Allied President and the Governor of Rozari. 
She wants to try to negotiate something since you guys don’t seem to be making
any progress.”
    “Will
your father be able to do that?” Taner asked.
    “Meh. 
Maybe,” Thad shrugged, “The Alliance is nervous after that little display you
guys put on last week and the fact that you have a couple ships sitting in our
sector.”
    “Thank
the Saint,” Taner sighed.  “We will take care of it, Thad.  I will be on the
spaceplane and brief Her Imperial Highness as soon as I meet with her.  Just
today, HIM has started his rant again about going to Rozari, to the Karupatani
Temple there.  Perhaps Madame can arrange that, and it will satisfy him instead
of an invasion.”
    “Thanks
Taner.  And don't forget to send a second spaceplane.  I've got another little
surprise for you.  Ron's uncle Tuman is coming home.  What do you know?  He was
hiding out on the same planet