"Geez, what's got up the old guy's nose."  Karia muttered, feeling quite content that she was being allowed to stay off school for the rest of the day.<br/>"I believe you'll find them to be just as resilient as the chamber shrinkees though I don't need to keep any of them...the woman has been quite disagreeable, but I don't know how many of them you wish to place on auction this time...were you wanting to keep any for yourself?"  Natasha responded to Juliet before asking.  "How about we go up to my office for lunch and order in a pizza?  I don't use my office much, so it's more like a lounge than anything and we can have a little family time together before I get back to work."  She mentioned.<br/>"Yay, pizza!"  Karia giggled.  Despite being sixteen she still acted very much like a twelve year old, not caring too much about her studies...only what would make a fun toy to play with.  At the moment her two shrunken toys felt like pleasant itches...itches that she was only aware of, that thought made her smile as they reached the office and Karia slumped back onto the sofa there.<br/><br/>Natasha had phoned for the pizza and got a few drinks from the soda machine.<br/>"Oh, here..."  She said, opening the case to reveal the two guns, handing one of them to her mother while she picked up the other one and pointed out the calibration controls to her, explaining how each one worked.  "That one is for you to keep, and this one I'll keep for myself."  She mentioned.  "There was meant to be a third one, but some of the assistants managed to lose it...needless to say, I'll be giving them a telling off when I find them."<br/>While all this had been going on Karia was watching with intent, learning how to change the settings on the gun so she could use the one she'd stolen later.  She already knew where the two assistants were, but she wouldn't say anything about it...this would be her little secret.  Just then the phone rang and Natasha answered.  "Oh..okay, I'll be right down."  She spoke before hanging up.  "The pizza's arrived, I'll just be five or ten minutes collecting it."  She mentioned before heading to the express elevator leaving her mother and Karia alone in her office...unless you were to include the shrunken criminals contained within the box.