Our leaders vehemently denied such a device was even possible; let alone scrubby colonists from the edges of the Republic. That definitely had to be t...e answer if they denied it THAT MUCH!Now came the real dilemma faced by all military commanders to let my troops die without knowing when or why or trust they will not freak out and murder us all. A real leader would not tell them anything and let them suffocate in this type of situation. Hell, I'm no real leader and I only got to be commander of. From his sober reply, I felt he’d got my message and when I’d put the phone down I felt somewhat easier about things. Our trip to Scotland was for ten days and we’d invited Bradley for a two week stay. It all seemed in the lap of the Gods for me at that moment.Before long the day arrived when I opened the door to see Robert arrive with Bradley after meeting him at the bus station. The pair of them clearly revelled in each others company; coming into the house full of chummy macho vibes. Robert. DeClan handed Rav a large mug of coffee "I never could abide those little tea cup's" he commented, Rav chuckled sitting down. "Tabby's a storm dragoness, as I'm sure you're aware, I've never heard of such a young dragon or dragoness drawing the power of the storm like she did last night, but that's what she was doing without realizing it, someday she'll be able to catch that lightening bolt and toss it back or absorb it's power, that was the white glow you saw, she was pulling the the. I probed the suitcases and was surprised to find them full. He was carrying stuff inside my condo?! This didn't seem like a typical burglary. I decided just to observe and see what happened.He went right to work, opening the suitcases and dispersing the contents around the condo. It looked like magazines and video tapes and disks. He put a few magazines in all the rooms, but the mother lode went into our bedroom. What the hell was this? The only things left in the suitcases were a clock radio.