<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}p{margin:0px}</style></head><body id="compText">Whitney tries to shake his hand, but is stoopped by a rather tiresome sailor.<br><br><br>"Well, thank you, FINALLY, common sense. My name is Whitney, I'm here becauseI drifted too far east in my travels and got picked up by some over officious sea captain after a village chased me down and captured me for picking the wrong flowers.As to m presense on this particular ship, rather than the one I was just on, as you've heard, I've been asked not to comment. With your permission, I'll avoid another round of unfounded and uncalled for threats, and leave it at that?"<br><br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;"><mark.d.murtha@ulalaunch.com><tmagann@earthlink.net><pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl><br><zzzhtml xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ha’Kell has been watching all this from
the side, smirking into his hand. At this outburst he laughs a bit and steps
up to Whit, tilting his had back from his forhead to show more of his face. “Hello
Whit, it is very nice to meet you,” extending his hand for a friendly
handshake. Not sure how to introduce himself with the mission, as Kell or Ha’Kell
or his cover story persona of Swan, Kell decides to not introduce himself yet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">“So Whit. Do you prefer Whit or
Whitney? Hrmm… I have some questions if I may.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">“Who are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">“Why are you here?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">“And the thing I’m most curious about is,
well two things really. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">How</span></b> did
you get here? And have you seen my pet squirt? It seems he caused a bit of
commotion.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Kell asks all this is a friendly, curious
manner. He is still unsure, but he’s more than willing to give him a fair
shake at things.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">[OOC – welcome to the game! It’s an
interesting start… </span></font><font color="navy" face="Wingdings" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: navy;">J</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p><br> </o:p></span></font></p></div></zzzbody></xml></zzz!--[if></zzz![endif]--></xml><br></zzz!--[if></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></o:smarttagtype></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></zzzmeta></zzzmeta></zzzhead></zzzhtml></pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl></tmagann@earthlink.net></mark.d.murtha@ulalaunch.com></blockquote></body><pre>
Thank you for your time,
Thomas O. Magann Jr.</pre>