Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

screen was modeled to look like a material object instead ofletting his line of sight thru to the next layer like a normalone-sided screen. "Where were you the night of Januaryseventeenth?""Last Tuesday?""The night before you didn't report for duty?""I was too far away in my universe. You took away myrights to move my portal before turn-over. I got too far awayin the three-d reality of my universe and could not make itback in time.""Where in your universe?" the colonel asked."You probably know better than I do," Alan said. Hereally wished Ava had told him what she told them aboutpicking him up, if she had, he could back her up. This waythey were going to leave a trail."I know Colonel Bancour had to bring you in.""She probably filed a report with all the pertinent data,"Alan said, not wanting to say anything."How did you get to where she found you?""I took a hike and got lost," he said, hoping for the best."Specialist Larkin, I am familiar with your sentence and Iknow something of what conditions are like in yourembellishment of the study planet. You were found seventytwo hundred miles from where your portal and data feed areparked." She leaned back in her chair and folded her arms asshe told him that little tidbit. The chair was rendered wellenough to squeak.60