Only Lortz seemed unfazed, having already accepted his fate. Perhaps his position had been earned more through loyalty than battle prowess.“Then we ...ust do what we can to maximize our odds,” Gazga added, ever the pragmatist. “I would suggest holding the Earthquake back during the initial assault. We can soften up the Coalition lines with artillery strikes before sending in the Volcano’s vehicles, then we can bring in the crawlers themselves to provide support.”“The crawlers aren’t designed to. ”“Concentrate on going after the vessels pursuing our allies, let the token vessels escape. We should at least appear to be honouring our agreement.”“By your command.”“They’ve taken the bait, sir,” Lont reported.“Good, as soon as they open fire on us divert the designated units to see if we can teach them respect. Continue to fire on the Ravagers in the meantime,” Tivark replied.“Ravagers are trying to scatter, but are boxed in by our lighter vessels, their casualties are. ” “I love you too, Sherry, for always.” We walked to the door, where we kissed goodnight. I drove home and went inside. My mother was sitting at the kitchen table in the dark having her last cigarette of the day. I hugged her and said, “Merry Christmas, Mom.” “Merry Christmas, Dean; take good care of Sherry, I love her too.” With a tear in my eye, I whispered, “Thanks, Mom.” Valentine’s Day was coming around. I wanted to go all out to get Sherry something for that special day. I found a. Thankful that my dress was black and wet look, this would help camouflage the obvious wet patch that would be appearing on my dress the instant I sat down.We were all summonsed to take our seats in the opulent ballroom. All of the tables were circular and decorated fabulously. The seating arrangements at the tables were that you would be seated opposite your partner as opposed to alongside, a social trick to help break the ice and encourage conversation between strangers.It doesn’t take a.