“I'm joking,” I say in hopes of dissipating the tense atmosphere. There's no way I would ever, EVER, pressure him into anything. Ethan’s hard lo...k softens and he sighs. “Things were definitely complicated,” he says, and I nod. “Yeah no shit. I’m tired of everything being so complicated,” I reply, and rest my chin on the back of my hand that’s still on his chest. “Me too,” he agrees. “I’ve had enough drama to last me a lifetime.” His tone is a little darker with that comment. We marinate in. Allia, who were on Garsoss and already had a second baby on the way.The way we fought had also changed. The adaptation of beam-proof armour being available to various Realms now, a few of them belligerent or downright hostile. We now carried a variety of weapons, from polearms adapted to be able to pierce armour, to pellet firers capable of doing the same. We also kept a variety of the heavier weapons to deal with more extreme circumstances, including the use of beam-proof shields in order to. Well, there and here in the room across from the armory.“We’ll take the information we get from both Santa Fe and Mesilla and combine it here, so we can evaluate the people involved, the threats, develop better defensive plans and, hopefully, an offensive strategy to attack and nullify the threats in both Mesilla and Santa Fe.”Anna sat deep in thought for several minutes after I’d finished my explanation. With a shake of her head in frustration she said, “The way you explained it makes sense,. No one was going to hire her while she was playing mute.When we got home, we both went straight to bed. This time there were no sexual escapades.The alarm woke me Monday morning. I knew the first thing I had to do was call Kenny's old workplace. The receptionist who took my call seemed completely disinterested that a fellow employee had gone missing, which just made it that much easier. Otherwise, I may have had to field questions, if the coworker had been more distressed.Ashley eventually.