First there came the loudest horn ever blown, followed by screams and an earthquake. Diners dove for cover, screaming into the cacophony, their voices...lost in the rising tide of hysteria.Tony thought he heard his mother’s voice, for just a second and then nothing. His heart leaped but then he remembered she was dead and clamped an iron control on his emotions, lest they run away with him. In this crisis, it would be disaster to lose focus, thinking about a long dead relative and Heaven. As the. I guess they both took what I said a little different than what I meant, and both smiled at me.Suddenly the clanging of a bell of some sort brought Janet and Sandy down the ladder. Grabbing the basket of eggs, Sandy giggled. "Come on, we got to get back inside with these." Janet took my hand as we jogged after her.After breakfast, Mr. Wilson headed off to work at the machine shop in town, while Mrs. Wilson went about doing her daily chores. I followed Janet and Sandy outside as they again. ..he heard a nearby printer come to life,its gears quietly whirring and a fan activating as a page slowly cameforth from within the machine.The phone rang next, and he picked it up. "Lawrence Hanel's office,Timothy speaking, may I help you?" Ah, good morning dear," the familiar female voice began. "IsLawrence there?"The voice was unmistakably Rita's. He kept his tone down-to-business."Uh, no, he's not here at the moment. He stepped out. May I take amessage?" Hmmm...no, I'll call him again. Orcs are one of the more recent races to become civilized - they are harsh and brutal to others, but to their own kind there is a certain order to everything. Rank and hierarchy mean great things, and the word respect carries weight above and beyond what most others give it credit for. Other races often fail to understand this, as well as the value of strength to an Orc's status, so they can often frighten others into giving what they want. All the better, because their unusual skin colorations.