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facilities were primitive to say the least and I was not sorry to be
heading back to civilisation. We were hauling a cargo of ultra-refined
alpha grade selenium. It had cost us the entire proceedings of the
inward run to buy the purified metal but Sliandra assured us we could
double our profits with the right buyer. We also carried a new piece of
software in Catherine's databanks; Sliandra had hacked into the
colony's computer and had appropriated a copy of a shiny new Unisis CAD
program. Whereas Silvermoon and I spent the return journey to the jump
zone watching the stars and playing chess, Sliandra occupied herself
with a copy of a HV whose subject matter paralleled Miri's own special
interests and attempted to improve on the device depicted therein, the
CAD package producing a three dimensional holographic projections of
curious devices formed from steel wire, plastalloy girders and chrome
plated chain. As to myself, well I do confess that I snuck a look at
the dolphin video again...
By the time we reached the jump zone we had a buyer for our metal on
Kapella and a tidy profit from the whole operation. Sliandra had also
decided that Miri Hanai wanted a change of decor on the flight deck fro
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