"It takes many of your solar revolutions to travel through space, and while our planet was now safe, yours is in peril. We argued amongst ourselves wh...ther to warn you, and risk you being another threat to us, or leave you as bait, while we move to other planets that the demons haven't found yet."While we watched and studied you and argued amongst ourselves, we found a gene inside many of your race that lay dormant. When we activated this gene, the results varied. Some gained abilities, others. “Erm, I think you need to tell me how discretion works. Do I make the first move? Kinda got me stuck.”His naiveté made Eva smile, “You only have to call. You have our number; it’s under Cally’s name probably?”“Shit, yeah.”At that moment, Scott felt incredibly stupid. Eva laughed harder and moved closer to him.“This is discreet enough isn’t it?”Grabbing the thin fabric of his t-shirt, she pressed her lips to his. The tack of her pillow lips invited an immediate response and the kiss lingered.. " Somebody's going to have to work on that messed-up special assessment roll," Jack said. "That's still all we've got to give 'em, and I'm sure not the one to have to pull it together." Me, either," Freda said. "Maybe we could ask council to fund a consultant." Maybe the regional planning commission has someone," Jack suggested.Freda reached for the phone. "I'll just give them a call and see."While she was dialing, Jack opened the next letter. It was from the Rural Development Agency, and he. ”The operation went like clockwork, and within thirty minutes Zeke was back on board. While waiting for his return Jerry and Grant had been listening, along with John and Sioux on shore, to the frigate’s Captain directing the First Mate about the five chests they were to carry ashore. He was also afraid of being spotted in the moonlight by people on watch in Charleston, so he didn’t want the men to take the time to bury them, but to just hide them among the trees and cover them with a heavy.