So nice to have two of my best friends come by to visit me instead.So nice to have two of my best friends come by to visit me instead." "Really?" "Yeah... I could used something to take my mind off of all this," he replied, gesturing widely about a room strewn with plastic molecule models and flat-image posters of tri-d atomic patterns. Most weren't hung up, just laid flat on tables, over chairs, rolled up on the floor. "Well then, Ramsey," Borodir said, "Ken and I have just the thing." "What?" Ramsey said, turning to face Borodir. "You'll see in just a second," Borodir said. Ramsey never noticed me pull the stunner out of my pocket, aim it at the back of his skull, and press the button. Borodir and I grabbed him at the shoulders, letting his rear fall to the floor. "Woof," I groaned, "Sure is heavy." We let him down easy. "Now then," I said, "How do get a full-grown Centaur to a SDisk without attracting suspicion?" It had taken more than an hour to set the ropes up properly, after getting the fetters and hobbles down right. But in the end, I was satisfied with the webbing. Ramsey hung in the middle of one of my famous 'bondage spheres,' only this one was eight meters across rather than the usual three. I wanted the feeling of spaciousness, of luxurious extravagance, in our lack of gravity. The sphere was clear, completely so, and being about five AU out from Pin above the plane of the ring I had a lovely view of all of Pendor, that thin ribbon of green and yellow and blue. Pin cast just enough light to illustrate my handiwork. Ramsey was spread-eagled, arms to the top, forelegs to the bottom, rearlegs to the bottom and further back, making him completely helpless. |