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themselves one and two at a time. When it was all over, there was a spontaneous round of
applause.
"More!"
"Do more!"
"More magic, Debbie!"
Debbie shook her head, putting her pouch away. She sat, sulking, far away from her
bodyguard. She hardly said a word for the rest of the trip.
The shuttle docked at a big orbital station, where gravity was simulated. Finney ran out
ahead to make sure that all arrangements were made. Kyle had to walk fast to keep up with
Debbie, who seemed to be trying to get away from him. The others lagged behind, walking
drunkenly in the reduced gravity and bumping into things.
They caught up with Finney at the boarding airlock of a large interstellar ship. Finney
pulled Kyle aside, saying in a low, hurried voice, "Get Miss Hitler settled, check out the other
passengers for anything suspicious, then get back to me. There's a lot you need to know, and
nobody has had time to tell you any of it."
"Okay."
"Sorry about what happened in the shuttle."
"That's okay. I don't have a problem with it."
Finney stared deep into Kyle's eyes. "It doesn't bother you, does it?"
"Not in the least."
Finney smiled and slapped him on the shoulders. "I'm glad you're with us."
"Thanks." Kyle ducked through the airlock and into the giant ship.
Debbie's cabin was very large, especially for a starship, and looking around the interior
Kyle got the feeling that it was originally designed as a meeting room and was converted over
to a stateroom because of VIPs such as Debbie. She gave him an odd look as he poked around.
"I want to be alone," she said. Kyle nodded and left.
His own stateroom was right across the corridor, but was about 1/20th the size. It was
barely big enough for a bunk, a fold-down table, a commode and a tiny little sink. Kyle tossed
his spacer pack down on the bunk and left.
He wandered the long, narrow corridors for a while, checking out the other passengers.
They were all busy getting settled in their cabins. None of them looked particularly
threatening, but when he reached the entertainment area at the front of the ship there was one

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woman who gave Kyle a bad feeling. She had shock-white hair in a style that fanned out from
the center, and her hairline came down to a point in the middle of her forehead. She was older,
and had a heavy, pear-shaped body. Her face almost looked masculine. She caught him
looking, and her dark eyes widened, her heavy eyebrows lowering. He smiled, nodded, and
continued on his way.
He was heading back toward Debbie's stateroom when he ran into Finney. "This way,"
Finney said in a low voice. He led Kyle into another stateroom, which was no bigger than his
own. Finney closed and locked the door. "Sit down," he told Kyle.
Kyle sat on the bunk. Finney remained standing by the door. "Debbie is from a very rich
family that has a very dark past."
"I assumed she was rich."
"Very rich. Obscenely rich. She does pretty much what she wants, and it's my job to make
what she wants happen."
"I understand."