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тАЬChrissy!тАЭ I complained weakly. I didnтАЩt want to get the assistant mad at me. Too late.

тАЬPerhaps you two ladies would prefer a more robust venue for your shopping.тАЭ She paused. тАЬMight I
suggest a tractor pull?тАЭ

We laughed, not at all bothered. We got this a lot.

тАЬNo, thanks,тАЭ I said, still laughing. тАЬI always come to BloomingdaleтАЩs when IтАЩm in Edmonton.тАЭ I
inspected my fingernails, then gasped. Gentle swirls of softest light drifted in and out of a myriad of
colors. Living art. тАЬThis is fantastic!тАЭ

I showed them to Chrissy and she nodded dumbly, transfixed by the undulating waves of light and
color.

Satisfied IтАЩd stunned her sufficiently, I smiled back at the assistant. тАЬThis is wonderful! IтАЩll take a half
dozen bottles, please.тАЭ

She blinked.

тАЬEach bottle sells for twelve hundred credits.тАЭ

тАЬOkay. IтАЩll take a dozen then. TheyтАЩll make great presents.тАЭ I leaned forward to the retreg and it
scanned my retinal patterns. I held very still, knowing retregs often struggled to read my oh-so-pale
blue-gray eyes.

Very doubtful as to my credit, she nonetheless submitted the scan request. She smiled at me, a look of
tolerance on her face. She had pegged me as a tourist pretending on the rich side. Chrissy and I
exchanged private smirks. The retreg pinged softly.

тАЬIt appears you are from the Eastern Wildlands,тАЭ she offered with a raised eyebrow.

тАЬYes. Maine, to be precise.тАЭ

тАЬName?тАЭ

тАЬDeborah Mariner.тАЭ

тАЬThank you. It will only beтАжтАЭ Her face went from politely bored to terrified in a heartbeat. She


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screamed, looking beyond me.

Not again! I spun around quickly and moved to my right, bringing my left hand up and ready to
defend or attack.

It was a man. He had a head of black hair and an equally black beard. The smell of the sea was on him,