/tags/mind-games/Recent content in Mind Games on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-us/stories/1/01/01/marys-revelation/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/marys-revelation/<p>Mary Jenkins glanced around as she entered the mess hall, then nodded her satisfaction.  It was time for the midday meal, and her crew was already there waiting for her.  All but one, and it was this one omission that led to her satisfaction.</p> <p>It was bad enough that she’d been sent to this god-forsaken place to do her research.  A small outpost deep in the wastes of northern Alaska was far from her first choice, but the government people pulling the strings had decided that her work was important enough to be kept secret.  In a way, she could understand that, but did they have to saddle her with a freak as well?</p>