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Magnus yawned. Pulling a book out of his pocket, he dropped it in front of Varne. Magnus: "OK. It was a dirty trick, but if she had taken time to change, she could have blown him away with no trouble. Now try working your way through the advanced conjuration section in here. I want the Doctor's advice." Pulling what seemed to be a simple device from his pocket, he passed it to the Doctor. Varne pulled a pad and pencil from her pocket and started making notes. Doctor: "A long time since I saw one of those." Magnus: "It does not work. It should, but I can't find any faults." Doctor: "The settings are wrong. You need to have the corner coordinates set before activating it. Here, let me show you." Tapping a keypad on the unit, the Doctor pressed the entry key. Nothing noticeable happened. Magnus: "Well?" Doctor: "It's the side effect - anything we store with this is forgotten. Now we are in a bar, but I can't see a counter or a barman. So we hit recall and see what happens." The counter and a rather stunned barman reappears. Magnus: "Thank you, Doctor. Varne, how are you getting on?" Varne: "Fine, Lord, though I am not sure about these last two matrix transforms." Attracted by the mathematical terms, Adric joined them. Glancing at the notepad he picked up a pen. Adric: "It's easy, you just invert these terms and multiply by the third matrix." Varne: "Lord?" Magnus: "Keep it clean, they charge for removing blood. By the way, don't call me Lord." Adric crumpled to the floor with spikes protruding from both eyes. Magnus: "Nicely done, Varne. I would have probably missed with the second throwing spike. I apologise, Doctor, but Varne gets irritated with unwanted advice." Ken Young kenney@cix.co.uk Maternity is a matter of fact Paternity is a matter of opinion Part One - Part Two - Part Four
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