It would be unseemly to display any haste. It also gave him time to contemplate any possible reasons for the unexpected audience. Speculation did of c...urse serve no purpose as the Eldest Mother would reveal the reason for her summoning him in due time, but it was one of the habits he had adopted during his time on Earth and it was a hard habit to lose."T'Pau has contacted me with a request for help, and upon reviewing her logic I found myself in favor of offering the requested assistance," the. ’ ‘You’re mad.’ ‘No Rachel, not mad…..angry as hell.’ ‘I won’t do it…you can’t make me.’ ‘Do you want to know what the alternative is?’ Shaking her head, she started to stand up. ‘The alternative is that I pay someone inside the prison to regularly cut up Patrick, starting with that good looking face of his. A stripe from a blade down his cheek, next across his eye…..a few weeks later maybe a shiv in the back….not enough to kill him but enough to really hurt him….maybe a few months down the. “My name's John. I feel like I know you from somewhere.” At another time, from another man, Emma would have laughed at what she would regard as a poor pick up line. In John, however, she senses a sincerity that touches her deeply. “I am in here regularly, perhaps you've seen me here before.” Emma senses that he may have visited her office, but she decides to leave work out of it. John, for his part, looks intently at her as she is speaking. He had wondered, as he came across the room, what her. .. let's see... ," I began again."Don't bother. Teasing me won't help you find the answer. I'm going to give you a few days to think of something and you'd better be serious about it. Just as serious about it as you are about me."I didn't get the impression she was kidding so I nodded acceptance of her condition.I know Michelle contacted her family to let them know she intended to remarry. I heard a couple of the conversations in the evening but she was reluctant to discuss them with me. In any.