The Outside World:


    The three girls:


    The Prison Supervisor:


    But what can I do?


    General McIver:


    But what, if anything, did the premier have to do with this? Something similar had been going through the Pink''s general''s mind.


    Molly:


    And what can I do about this?


    The premiers:


    Jeffery:


    And what, exactly, are Blue and James doing in all of this?


    Surely, it''s no longer a matter of embarrassment at walking home with me. Even if I do invite myself along a bit more than they would like.


    Nothing there but a pram, plus some mothers further back having a chat... Oh.


    Truck coming, plenty of room.


    Look under truck, yep, there''s a car coming.


    Run across the second lane, slow down, let the car pass, assume the next car''s driver is paying attention and starts braking, whew, made it.


    Not bad, that''s three toots. And, judging by the pink hair ribbon, there''s a cute little baby girl sleeping soundly under the sheet.


    Earth Watch Prime:


    Pink:


    The Prison Supervisor:


    Damn. It always comes down to a clash of duties and obligations. I have to make a moral choice. Again.


    What irony. As soon as I left, they slowly started to improve. At least somewhat. And as soon as I get here, the situation here slowly started to degrade. And amazing, while in the old country at least they had the excuse of two slightly different skin colours and two slightly different religions, in this country both sides are absolutely indistinguishable.


    Pink really is getting sick. She looks weird, and is starting to walk with a strange gait; I can''t see how anyone could fake that.


    So, maybe, she really does need highly specialised medical care.


    So, maybe, I lose my job and my family have to scrounge for a living.


    So, is that all that bad? We have done worse. But we don''t want to go back to that.


    Damn.


    Earth Watch Prime: