43 - 16 - Ax Modifies a Dracon

<I said you could carry a Dracon beam for protection,> Jake said firmly. <But we had an agreement. You would not fire above setting three.>

"Yeah, well, it didn't even work. What's wrong with this beam?"

<You're one lucky worm,> Jake said to me privately. <Ax saved your butt. He modified her weapon so it wouldn't fire beyond setting three.>