" "Just for that, I'm leaving." Lara stood up, sniffed and put her nose in the air. "I'm going to see my boyfriend, who keeps me company and does all ...orts of nice things. You can sit here alone and envy me." "Right. I'll be sure to do that." Ryan sat back on the couch as the intermission wore on. "Tell Trout I said hi." Lara went into her bedroom and came out with a shoulder bag. "He thinks you should go out with Brody, too, you know." "Why in the world would Trout have any thoughts at all. ”“We’ll need forces to support the other planets,” said Cephas. “We most urgently need to rescue the Emperor, who was placed on the planet that is now most distant to Yimza in the entire Tentacles. We would like to rescue him, before the invasion of any other planet occurs. The Emperor is the soul of our people. He prefers to call himself a king. At the time he was in power we were a small kingdom. Now he will find he has an Empire.He and his whole group stood at attention as they declared, “To. "You've got a point," I admitted. I just wasn't sure what to do about it.Jeff returned a few minutes later."I got 'em!" he said proudly. "A hundred of each for now." You got a hundred shares of McDonald's and Wal-Mart?" I asked, mentally calculating the number it would finally grow to."No. I got a hundred thousand!" he said smiling. "If you are right, the company should make over ten million this month." I've got to talk to grandmother about raising my allowance!" I said, seriously. They both. I knew the whole time that this was wrong, and that someone was going to be hurt. I didn’t know what to do. All I knew was that I didn’t want to lose what I had with Christine. I stood up and stretched, then headed for the shower. Afterwards, I slid into some casual clothes and some comfortable shoes – the Little Italy Festival has lots of stuff to do but not a lot of chances to sit down. By now I was beginning to get hungry at last, and the smells drifting in from my apartment’s tiny kitchen.