From: THRUD               
To: ALL                 
Subject: The Great One  
Date & Time: 08/11/90 05:36:37
Message Number  7537

  The Great One was drained due to the massive amount of mental energy 
she'd been forced to expend. She'd barely sensed the bomb in time to 
put a psionic field around it - but if she hadn't, this lounge would 
have been a crater. It wouldn't have bothered her or her familiar much,
as they were practically immortal, but the blast had nearly made 
hamburger of her prey.
  Why would anyone use such a crude device? Big Blue was offering 
mega-credits for the conspirators, but it was essential to keep this
one alive in order to track the others - or were they already here?
It was probably the work of those idiots at Bountyhunters 'R Us - with
their tax structure, they might be using this case for a write-off. In
any event, for now it seemed better to play a waiting game and see if 
this terrorist would tip his hand or lead her to the others. Perhaps
she would have her familiar establish contact with the criminal.
  But for the moment, the Ample One was content to rest and recuperate
from the mental drain of the psionic field. She gave her pet a
telepathic nudge, and Vafthrudner reached down to gently stroke Gjolp's
aching temples.