“That doesn’t matter Rodger. We will still love our families just as much as before but they never have to know. This can be our secret. If you ta...e nothing back from this trip, let it be the one intimate moment we might share with each other,” Elisabeth said pleadingly. She now held Rodgers hands in her own and gripped them as she spoke.“Our little secret…” Rodger mumbled to himself. Elisabeth felt elation all over her body as she knew she had convinced him. Who knows, maybe it wouldn’t lead. Also send someone to tell the dog that he’s going into the monolith tonight.”-Endless Forest - Founder’s Cave-James had been putting this trip off for a while. Not because he was apprehensive about exploring the cave and not even because every time a drone entered it would suddenly disappear, but rather because he thought of it as work. The only thing he hated about the trappings of power was the responsibility.He probably could have just put the responsibility for this exploration mission onto. But I can see that you’re on side. It’s just a matter of bringing others in line. I want to speak to someone outside the Haven bubble, anyway. I’ve been so very busy that I haven’t gone outside it lately. I’d like to see and find out for myself what others think of me,” I smiled at him.“Yes, well, here is the City Council. Including former Mayor Anthony Billey ... yes, that’s his actual name ... and City Manager Ernie Lasalle. These are City Councillors Wilhelmina Halleck, Krystal Perez, and. The platoon should have been in position near the top of the hill long before sun-up. They were supposed to spend the day observing yet another suspected VC village. There was also a plan for Mark, who by now was an acting squad leader, to take his unit back down the hill and set up an ambush along a trail which led to the village. As happens, they were running late when the platoon approached the crest of Hill 87. The first light of dawn was only minutes away when Mark’s squad led the rest of.