I want to run engineering by myself.I want to run engineering by myself. I get the feeling people are just taking cues from what I'm doing and finishing up jobs I couldn't because I just get too tired." "You don't know when to delegate, is that it?" "Sort of. I guess... I just feel silly ordering people to do things. Or even asking. I know, that's really dumb. But it's part of the way I feel. Funny thing is, I don't feel at all bad about it while I'm part of a 'scene.'" "Different rules, different systems. Different worlds, really." "Yeah." We were silent for a while as I directed her the SDisks back to Pendor. "Where are we going?" she asked. "It's a surprise." I said. We stepped... ... into a small receiving room made entirely of large cut blocks of stone, with a huge oaken door in the far wall. We stepped off of the disk, which had resolved into a simple silver pentagram. "Hello, Lynn," I said. "Hello, Ken," said an ELF, an AI's holographic realization. Lynn's is of a very tall woman wearing fine, flowing lace and knee-high black boots. Since it's only an illusion, Lynn can look like anything she wants. I like her choice. "The other members of your party are waiting for you in the banquet hall. Your final guest has announced that he will be arriving in a few minutes." "Thank you. Come, Kathy, this way..." I led her down the hallway of a very typical medieval castle, except I knew hidden behind the walls was the type of technology Disney only dreamed of having. I thought it amusing that the theme-park-like environment this castle was at the center of was so very adult-oriented. The torches smoked, but the air was clear; The floor was dusty, but never health-threateningly so. The walls are dingy, but it wouldn't rub off onto your costume. Actually, I felt sort-of out of place. |