Sunshine yelled,"I want to carry it!" She hefted up the bag of insulation and staggered under the weight. Rose sighed and grabbed one end and said, "Alright--you can HELP." River Prince said, "I can be lifting TRUCKZ! Why not little bag?" Sunny laughed at him, "You has big claws. Bag gets ripped!" Rose said, " 'You HAVE big claws.' Not has. Sunshine! Don't ruin your own language." Sunny asked as they took a corridor past rooms with the doors open, "WHERE IS THE FURNITURE?" Rose explained, "The crew had to take off before the ship was finished. They don't have all the hull-plates welded on. They are missing one on the starboard side. In six months, it would have been ready, but the Asurans attacked first. Without them, we'd be blown up now." River Prince complained, "Should have packed big LUNCHEZ! I iz hungry! I wantz chickenz and fishiez! OOOH! And a big PAH! I wantz pah!" Sunny asked, "Pah? You mean PIE? I wish you could carry bags and speak right!" Prince looked thoughtfully for a moment. He rarked as they entered the room where Lime was trying to sleep on a carpet in a stateroom. The swirling colors of hyperspace shone through the windows. She sat up looking worn out. Prince said, "I ate bad Plague person. I know new trick! Lookit! Nothing up up my sleevez! NO SLEEVEZ...." Rose said to Lime, "I brought you something you can use as a pillow--WHAT?" Prince changed shape. It caused a strange pulling sensation as he morphed into a dark skinned boy a little taller than then Sunshine or Lime. There were some flickers of light around him as his hip armor fell to the floor with a thud. Prince said in a boy's voice, "TA-DAH! You say that to mean you is through! Hey! LOOKIT THAT! I has tail on FRONT!" Lime sat on the floor with her mouth open in shock. Sunshine stared at him in stunned surprise. Rose scanned him with her phased radar array and said, "You have the mass of a twelve or thirteen year old boy now. You lost three quarters of your rest mass. Some how. You also need a pair of pants,too. Alright, I'm shocked,too." Lime said, "MOM! HE'S gorgeous! and OH MY GOD! His ... thingy is just out there!" Sunshine asked,"Can I touch it?" Rose grabbed her by a radar 'ear' and said sternly,"NO. You and I need to get up to the ready room, so Snowflake can get Toxic out of you. I WAS going to have Prince sleep here to keep you company,Lime. Since he has changed himself into a NAKED teen-aged boy, instead of a large reptile, that is RIGHT out!" "PRINCE! You are coming with us. I'll put out the call for anything usable as clothes. You are not going to stroll around naked. PERIOD." Prince asked, "Why not? If something bothers small, weak, me--I change back. Right?" Rose said, "Clothes are to keep people...Humans,Cyclops,Trow,Scavs and others, from being distracted by people they may want to mate with. YOU need a pair of pants!" " I just recognized your bone structure! You have the same physical structure as 'Lord Plague', except without the skin disease. Where did your 'extra you' go?" Prince looked confused. "I has more body in place I can't see. I learned how to look like other people by things in their spirit...like when I was big like Scourge I pulled out of Snowy!" Rose paused as Lime said, "Neblae as some of Narchi's extra clothes that might fit him." She yawned widely. Rose said, "Go to sleep! We'll be back after I get Prince some pants, and Toxic out of Sunshine." Lime asked,"What is this a bag OF?" Rose shrugged. "Insulation beads. There are plenty of construction materials on board, even if there few chairs and no beds, except in sick-bay." Rose grabbed Prince by the arm, and Sunshine by the hand. "Come on, you rascals. Let Lime get some sleep." Sunny giggled, "I'm a RASCAL? What's that?" Prince said as the door slid shut, "Means hungry person!" --TO BE CONTINUED!--