Dave looked on, shaking his head in awe, as Gavin’s offspring trooped obediently into the bag. “You see—”
“Hmpf. Got some more insults to throw at me?” asked Carrie, pulling the ties closed and throwing the bag over her shoulder, while an odious smell emanated from the protesting aliens inside.
Carrie marched from the engine room into the corridor, where she bumped into and rebounded from Audrey. Ignoring Dave, Carrie accompanied the green blob trainee as she rolled to return her captured children to confinement.
Audrey related how she had saved one of them from a nasty death by checking inside an oven as the chef was about to turn it on. “Have you heard the rumour?” she continued.
“I haven’t heard anything,” replied Carrie. “I’ve been stuck in the engine room taking gibes from my best
