Chapter FiveExcursions and Alarms “You say you cannot approve my mode of thought. Anyone who imagines he can prescribe a mode of thought to another might be quite out of his senses.” — The Marquis DeSade Mandi Moon Gampers, never a patient person, was growing increasingly agitated by the lack of progress. Three days had passed since she launched the investigation of HB high, and the superintendent was doing nothing but making excuses. It was time to take matters into her own hands! Mandi was acquiring quite a reputation within the agency. As she climbed the ladder, she had come to be seen as someone to be feared, mostly because of the extensive files which he had amassed and over which she maintained personal control. It was rumored that those databases contained secret files on the pe

