Die meisen Aktivisten hatten sich rasant verzogen, als es heiß wurde und nur eine Hand voll wagemutiger, selbsternannter Volksvertreter war geblieben... An Politik dachten die Teilnehmer aber nicht. Sie wollten kämpfen und die Gegenseite niedermachen. die meisten waren schon gerüstet und hatten teilweise noch Ausrüstung von zuhause mitgebracht."Alle herhören" rief der Besitzer des Kampfplatzes durch ein Megafon, "teilt euch in zwie Gruppen auf! Die Leute die für die Frauen kämpfne wollen auf die. The obstruction on the Immortal Sense is still acute. I can only detect undulations that spread from numerous locations, nearby and far and wide”.“We should take a closer examination”. Senior Ohar smiled. He spotted General of the Armies Nikari and His Holiness Morien from tens of kilometers away with his ears and eyes, the seawater could not obstruct them. “Up”. He raised a finger, and with it a third of the Down Ocean rose to the sky, gathered to a giant, murky bulb.“Much better”. Violet Star. The five of us and your four assistants will meet. Oh, and Lippit, too, and whoever he picks to help him."Pernice counted heads."Uh, were you counting me?" he asked."Of course," Torbert said. "You will play a big role in the restructured Guards. I assumed you understood that. I'm sorry if it wasn't clear. But that is my intention and I'm sure it's Jorgarn's. I would say within two years, you will be the Emertland Guard commander."Pernice's mouth dropped and he gulped."That might create. I had questioned my mother about the techniques she had used to avoid detection when she had been captured by Phillip and, using her training and some ideas of my own, I had done what I could to protect my 'normal' friends mentally. They each had been programmed with triggers, much like my mother had been when I first realized my powers, except theirs would trigger a shell personality that would give all indications of being meekly under the thrall of whatever telepath was controlling them..