Turning back to face Captain Howard completely, Todd saw her glance at Nick, and her face softened. Todd’s mate was good, so good in fact, Todd was starting to fall for it, too.
“How are we going to know who these pry…pier—” Captain Howard stumbled over the word.
“Pyrahni,” Todd and Nick said in unison.
“And we do what with them again?” Captain Howard asked. Todd swore for the hundredth time.
“Step one is we have this added to the food. It’s a combination of magnetized iron shavings and salt. Step two involves getting the iron bars in that section of the prison hooked to the electrical system. It won’t take much current, but it’ll be enough to mess with them. They won’t go beyond the barrier created,” Todd explained.
“And you’re absolutely sure this won’t hurt any of the people?” Capt
