Metafire

"Sure," she said. That word was going to work well with this jerk.

She stood by the car. "Oh yea, I got us some Fondue for tonight. OK?"

"Great!" And he ran over to the car to help her bring in the groceries.

"By the way, what happened today?"

"The NSP approved 26's request. They get to be a colony. I routed a provisioning transport to them and forwarded the information they needed to establish themselves as a logistical gateway. It should be OK for them now."

"Did you find out where they were from?"

"Sure. They came from Sante Fe and Los Alamos. The company is named Metafire Systems, Inc., or something like that."

Jack was completely calm when he said, "Metafire? Wonder where they came up with that name?" Jack knew enough not to say a single word to Erisa. Then he remembered that Jill had found a second copy of the Metafire Museum in a space colony. This was it.