A good beginning. We can think of other annoyances later. We have time.”The very frightened matriarchs walked quick step but gingerly aboard EROS.�...You guards stay here. Plenty of guards on board already. No room for you.”As soon as I was aboard, right on Mama’s heels, I slammed the door, and engaged the manual over-rides to lock them. My order to the guards to remain behind, didn’t continue in effect more than a couple of minutes. Their momentary ennui gave me the opportunity to lock the doors.. “Great! I’ll be there to cheer for you.”“Like hell you will. You’ll be right there with us. Cooper insists that you call cadence for part of the march,” he laughed.“You guys did all the dirty work. All I did was sit on my grav sled and watch,” I protested.“Yeah, after you worked out the attack strategy and pinpointed all their snipers. Then you kept us up to date with info about where everyone was. Besides, who was it that took on the final Chinese battalions? Face it, buddy, you were right. ‘Can’t seem to help it.’ He scowled. ‘She said she was going to lie on the beach in a bikini. That’s hardly fair.’ Karl murmured something in agreement and suddenly found himself having similar thoughts about Dee. ‘Dee told me her real name is Leilani,’ Karl said in an effort to distract himself. ‘Yep.’ Dom nodded. ‘I talked her into letting me see her driver’s license.’ He grinned. ‘She hates the picture.’ Karl laughed. ‘Who doesn’t?’ ‘Hi, Dom!’ Dee came up and kissed him on the cheek. ‘Heard. That night, as she prepared to rest, she felt that the air against her skin was very much colder than recently. The path had been rising upwards for the whole day, as they crossed a range of high hills, and the height of summer was still some weeks off. She rubbed her ring, expecting the two dogs to appear. Instead, the familiar apparition of the Fairy began to take shape. When she finally assumed solid form, she spoke, after firstly and for some seconds, looking sternly at the cold and.