Greg S wrote:

> > Jac points up and says, "Look!"
> >
> > Mira sees the /Random Walk/ descending toward the small square in
> > front of of the hotel where she and Jac are standing.
>
>
>  "By the way, we're picking up our ship's doctor, and her boyfriend.
>  There they are down there. The van may be a bit big to fit in here,
>  we'll have to probably attach it to the bottom with grav grapples.
>  What do you think?"

"I think that will work." Del says, "But we'll have to go slower on the 
way back. Si Shultz."

> > Jac says, "I think the van will have to be attached to the bottom
> > of the /Walk/ with grav grapples for us to carry it."
> >
> > Woof sees Mira and Jac standing next to a van in the parking lot of
> > the small seaside village below. Del is guilding the boat down
> > toward the ground.
>
>  Del is quite the artisan. Guilding the boat while in flight. I like
>  him already! "You may want to put away the gold leaf. You know
>  women and gold," Woof grins. "She'll want to be painted too, I'll
>  warrant. And with that red hair!"

Del chuckles as he looks out the window, "The pretty redhead is your 
ship's doctor? Sure beats old Oasis! In looks anyway."

> > The boat sets down beside Mira and Jac.
>
>  "You watch the Boat... I'll see about the van," Woof says, then
>  opens the hatch. "Mira! Jac!" he says. "Glad to see you. I think
>  we'll have to do an external, what do you say?"
>
>  He takes them away from the entry, and, while looking underneath,
>  "Del was the engineer on the ship that brought Rachel in, and down
>  the the Hooter colony. I've been asking him questions, but he knows
>  nothing of our mission. What was so hot?"
>
>  After looking things over, he introduces Del. "This is Del, a
>  prospective engineer. Doctor Mira Hasta Rur, and JaCarter
>  Woodbridge."

"Pleased to meet you, Sianna Hasta Rur, Si Woodbridge." Del says, "Why 
don't you two board..."

>  "You wanna lift, and pull it over, and I'll do the hook up, then up
>  the ladder?"

"....right! That's what I was gonna suggest." Del chuckles.

He waits until Mira and Jac are aboard with their packages and then 
lifts the boat up allowing Woof to attach the grapples.

Woof makes the attachments quickly and easily, from long practice with 
cargo boxes, then scrambles up the rope ladder to the boat's open door.

"Everything go okay?" Del asks as he glances down at the board in front 
of him.

"Grapples are active." he says, "Everyone ready to lift?"

Eris
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