Neblae asked,"Is it really that big a deal?" Narchi nodded. "Bigger than even Time Travel! I need to talk this over with the Measure on the ride back." Phineas asked,"The Measure?" Measure and Narchi groaned in unison. Neblae sighed,"...AND I get to debrief these two boys?" She indicated Cyrus who still looked stunned insensibly, and Phineas who looked curious. Narchi said,"Can't be helped. One of the TWO hansom cab 'WE' told to return at midnight will come first and they hold three people maximum. I have GOT to talk to someone who knows anything about this thing. Kibo can't answer straight without knotting up probability into a tangle. I see WHY,now! Holy crap! I NEVER expected to run into something like THIS damned thing on THIS planet!" The lamp-lights of a Hansom cab came towards them down the road from Inverness. Kibo said,"I'll come with you, 'Your majesty'. I am curious about you and what will do with the WEAPON." Narchi growled,"Great." Measure said,"I'm not sitting next to HER!" The cab stopped. The footman opened the doors and helped Kibo in. Narchi said only loud enough for Measure,"This is a HELL of a lot bigger than YOU,ME or ANY possible problems of a personal nature. If you need to pee, do it NOW, otherwise you WILL piss yourself when you hear what 'Excalibur' really is!" Narchi looked as grim as death, as a thousand open graves and it shook Measure. She drew a shuddering breath and shrugged, and climbed up. Narchi climbed in behind her. After they started towards Inverness, Narchi said,"Kibo, keep a watch on the coachman's mind so if he hears anything... I'll know if I have to kill him. Measure, your 'Earth power' includes something about vibration doesn't it? Can you cancel the vibrations in the walls so sound can't pass to the outside?" Measure looked aghast at him and whispered,"It's either ME or Neon to talk like THAT! You are really starting to frighten me! I'll run a sound-cancelling wave in the cab. I don't want to have to kill any locals! I have a ton of questions,myself." Narchi said,"You remember when the Haen came over for dinner?" Measure grimaced,"How could I forget THAT?" Kibo asked,"You know the Haen,too? It's been almost a hundred years ago! She likes to cook,you know!" Narchi and Measure stared at Kibo with open mouths for a moment. Narchi sighed,"I need to fill Measure in, if you don't mind?" Kibo nodded,"Go right ahead. The Daughter of Tyyee the white NEEDS to know what is transpiring in front of her." Measure growled,"SHE READ MY MIND? How did she KNOW THAT? How did you know that?" Kibo shrugged and waved a hand with a wide smile,"Educated guess. I 'KNOW IT' now! My other immortal sisters, YOU being one of the Four Sisters created by the Altha-Krommiums, BEING a NAGA, AND knowing the Haen? It's like a trail of bread-crumbs to your front door!" Narchi said,"Also, she is an IMMORTAL,too. How old are you anyway?" Kibo shrugged,"This won't mean anything to you, but old enough for my Hyper-frame memory to suffer buffer over-run. I'm not sure in other words. When I became immortal and recent things are sharp, and everything else is a vague fuzziness. Like about Challenger. It's in a cave, under an island. Somewhere on this planet. That's all I have. If I remember more, I'll tell you." Measure looked over at Narchi. He asked her,"Do you remember what Syyree said about the Great Enemy? About how they were 'created' by the People of the Golden Disk when they punished them for eliminating the Children of Abel?" She nodded,"Sure. They were dropped into sub-space by the People of the Golden Disk using their..." Her eyes widened in horror as she looked at Narchi in shock and surprise. "You have it? HERE? The star-killer? The Spatial-Displacement-Cannon artifact? THE ULTIMATE WEAPON?" Narchi nodded darkly."The Celestial King of the Heavens decides who lives and dies in the heavens. It's a job description, not just a title!" --TO BE CONTINUED!--