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The costume had an orange belt, which contained an orange square bisected by two diagonals and two perpendicular bisectors. The left glove was pink, to match the right boot, the left leg and the right arm sleeve and right half of the chest. The right glove was dark green, to match the left boot, the right leg and the left arm sleeve and left half of the chest. It reminded Ann of the dark green colour of Butler One's laser beam, which he had demonstrated at minimum intensity. The stun blast was light blue, which reminded Ann of the light blue segmented bracelets which concealed the points where the ends of Ann's gloves covered the ends of her sleeves. The orange mask had a slit for her hair to flow out of, as it normally flowed, although she decided to operate without the mask on occasions.

"Dazzling diamond mines! Thanks to you, I'm Ann O’Malley - Mistress of Scientific Wonders! What a thrill this is going to be!"

"Caution, Miss O’Malley. According to New South Wales time, which you have asked me to adopt in my memory, you have less than an hour before sunrise. It would be wise to return to the orphanage, if such a journey is still of importance to you."

"Well of course it is. I live there. We don't want the staff wondering what on earth has happened to me, do we?"

"As I have already told you, I do not 'want'. You have repeated a syntax error."

"Don't worry about it, Butler One. Just take us back."

Butler One rolled towards the ship's flight console, instructing Ann to fold out the anti-gravity triangles on her bracelets in order to get herself to ground level, as there would be no clearings in the trees closest to the orphanage. Ann put her original clothes on over the new outfit. Even the thin boots fit into her old sandshoes like sox. Her stockings had been removed, because the alien material in the suit would keep Ann amply warm. She unfolded the segmented metal triangular devices which formed part of her bracelets.

"Butler One, these things can't fly. They really can't make me fly. They don't have any power jets or anything."

"Incorrect, Miss O’Malley. They have a connection to a power pack in each of your bracelets. When you press the correct segment, it activates a flow of power which will last forever. It is not consumed. Instead it flows in a circular path, out of the power pack, into the anti-gravity triangles, and back into the power pack. While the power is in the triangles, it causes a temporary chemical reaction, which enables the triangles to resist gravity and carry you through the air. You control the direction of your flight by holding your hands above your head and pointing the intersections of the two pairs of equal sides of the isosceles triangles in the direction you wish to travel. You can gain greater height, or even use the triangles to ride the magnetic currents of the air, by turning the tiny dials under the panels in the bracelets. I will now instruct you precisely in how to do these things."

Ann was soon able to fly around the inside of the space ship. Butler One then opened the cylinder platform to the roof. Ann stepped onto it, holding her stockings and looking at the small signaling mechanism, which Butler One had attached to her watch. She wanted to be sure that all of this would continue.

 

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