It just shows how appearance can be deceptive.After lunch, we all headed to some learner ski slopes and had great fun with Joshua making us all laugh ...ith his antics as he struggled to master the basics of skiing. And Claire wasn’t far behind, as she’s never really been into skiing, and it’s many years since we’d taken the girls. Finally, tired from all the exercise and the fresh mountain air, Joshua was spark out at around seven thirty, and the four grown-ups settled down to dinner and a. I knew that particular thump very well. I had heard it several times myself when I had practiced with my crossbows. My mind was still processing that thought when I heard two more equal thumps following each other. All that could not have taken any longer than a few blinks of an eye, but it had felt like an eternity. Someone was shooting arrows at the front of my house, or at the timber stored next to the house.If the sound wasn’t enough to alarm me, the hint of the coming smell definitely was.. I watched the water as it flowed down into the bottom of the tub and grinned. I wanted my body in that warm water. It would feel soothing to get my skin slick and wet with bath water. Before getting in, I felt the water with my hand, making sure that it would not scorch my skin. It was just right. I slowly dipped one foot in, and then the other. I eased my body into the warm, steaming water, and sighed with relief. My god, this was a woman’s paradise. All I needed was my boyfriend with me and a. . interesting. I will contact all ships to start scans for Crytherian life signs in the refugees. Please try and get some information from the survivors before you transport them to the flagship for holding ... Lieutenant Carvel, please notify your people that Captain Theodore White of the Oregon has been killed in combat. The flagship has been heavily damaged but the Crytherian Basilisk class battleship has been destroyed. The fleet will close up and proceed to Terra at best speed," Margret.