> Woof quietly closes the laptop. He comes and stands behind Lessa, > > and wraps his arms around her, supporting her, letting her know > > he's there. > > > > "Oh Lessa... How did this happen? Tell me what this is all about." > > "I was doing research for a story." she says, "A story on the > Spacer's Guild. How it has infiltrated the governments on other > systems and corrupted them, and how it is trying to do the same thing > here. I guess I wasn't as careful about covering my tracks as I > thought I was. They must have found out what I was doing and..." > > She breaks down into sobs again. After a few seconds Lessa stiffens in Woof's arms and pushes him back, "I'm sorry. I can't afford to waste time crying." Looking Woof in the eyes she says, "I can't stay here. By tradition the church won't hide me for more than a day, and they count days from sun rise to sun rise. That means tomorrow morning Father Brian will call the police and tell them I am here. So, I need to go somewhere else, really soon, besides the longer I hide out here the further away they are going to get with Rachel." Lessa frowns and her eyes get a hard look as she begins to paces and talks to herself, "The sunlight was from directly overhead when they took Rachel aboard that ship, so I'm looking for a ship that was loading at noontime, one that probably lifted not much later, and we're looking for a couple with a 3 year old girl. That should narrow things down a lot." Suddenly she stops and looks at Woof, still frowning but with something flickering in her eyes. "Woof, I shouldn't involve you. I can't ask...but..." her eyes look pleadingly at him, "...but, they took Rachel off world and I need to go find her and you're the only one I know with a ship?" Eris AKU GM
