Ye got tae relax in th tub awreddy. besides, ye owe me fur bringin ye haur tae begin wi, as he said it, Mark knew he was right. He did owe him for bri...ging him to this little place he would have never thought to visit. Alright, fine, Ill get your bag, but Im gonna go get some food and maybe some drinks first. You, my good ol buddy, get to baby sit, so have fun with that, Mark said teasingly, but David had to strongly suppress his desire to tell him how much fun he would probably have. After. “Or maybe it should be the Circle of the Tao.”Amanda leant down and kissed Dave. “You know we’re ready. No pressure.”Dave nodded, “I’ll come and find you three after dinner. We’ll dance a little and see what develops. Maybe Jason and Alice can join us.”Betty Watson came up to Dave shortly after the trio of women had left him alone. She gave him a little peck on the cheek. “I hope you’ll help sponsor Gail, Robyn, and Amanda into the Circle. They really are ready.”Dave chuckled, “And you know. One dehumidifier would keep the room at about 50% relative humidity, the second would make up the difference. Without them water would drip from the ceiling and condense on any surface, rusting and spoiling anything not hermetically sealed.Two more aisles later, he sat down at the computer terminal which he had started near the door. The system automatically started a program for recording the inventory, into which he began translating the notes he had taken.Noting that he had at least a. Hartwell was still looking over all the data from the battle. Damn, Zan appeared to have taken out a hell of a lot of the enemy before he launched. Sighing Hartwell knew that even with all he’d gotten, what Zan had done was the only alternative. Flicking through the data a second time, Hartwell suddenly stopped sitting up. What in the hell was that? “Emperor? I believe I have discovered something that you and Mary should see.”Derrick’s visage turned to Hartwell as did Mary’s as it appeared..