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From: "Eris Reddoch" 
>
>>>> Mira is in Sickbay and Jac is with her when Lysia calls.
>>>
>>> "We're in sickbay, if you'd care to join us."
>>
>> Lysia heads upstairs, knocking before she enters the sickbay.
>>
>> "Not interrupting anything I hope."  She says with a smile and a
>> wink.
>
> "Nothing but the petting." Jac says as he strokes the fur of one of
> the two creatures brought aboard from the /Blue Rain/, "Have you met
> Snu and...Mira, what was the other ones name again?"

Lysia smiles at the two little creatures, "Oh, they're so cute," she looks 
up at Mira, "what the heck are they?"

>> "I had a thought," she makes a bit of a sour face and nods, "I
>> know I know, I should probably lay down before I pass out.  But
>> it occurred to me that we're looking for a little girl right, and
>> who better to talk to about the new girl in town than the other
>> kids."
>>
>> "Think of it like a fishing trip and I think I might have just
>> the bait we need to attract a flock of chatty children.  Now I'm
>> not saying we should ignore other avenues of investigation but
>> kids talk, they're chatty and friendly and they like to see new
>> things and I figured that Ukanav is about the newest thing to
>> show up around here.  I doubt any of these Hootish kids have ever
>> seen a Vargr, and a Vargr on a motorcycle having a picnic lunch
>> with a pretty lady is going to draw a lot of inquisitive little
>> eyes."
>>
>> Lysia grins a little, "What do you think, think we can find out
>> where the girl is by talking to the Hootish kids?"
>
> Jac shrugs his shoulders and says, "It might work. Do you know if
> the Hootish colony is near the starport or not?"

"No idea," Lysia shrugs, "I just work here, I didn't even get a response 
from the local data net on what ships are in port and who the captains are. 
I think the system here probably belongs in a museum in the 'Wonders of the 
Past' section."

"I figure we can wait till the port authority departs and then work things 
out from there.  No point in all of us going in to check out the Hooters all 
at once, we'd just stick out like a sore thumb."

Lysia smiles and giggles just a little, "That just sounds so wrong.  It's 
like naming a child and not bothering to figure out that their name rhymes 
with poopie."

Lysia David