“If I were a betting man, I’d say she’s telling the truth about the Red Guard who attacked you. I don’t think they were sanctioned. Her presen...e – it seems almost to be a peace offering. Considering it from a particular angle, if the emperor - or even her mother or one of his other brides - came with her, it would look like a political maneuver. Sending only her and a minimal guard unit? It screams of a move to allay tensions. And surrendering herself to Ataya as a show of good faith? It’s a. That’s all there is to it.”Turning to the other two, Jack asked the same question and got the same answer. Then Ken Carlson elaborated. “Jack, years ago — just before we met Hank and Jim, as a matter of fact — Kathy and I had some money problems. Do you know what she said? She said that if the only way she could be with me was if we lived in a mud wallow in a cage at the zoo, she would rejoice. If the only way she could take me was in the mud with an audience watching, she would love it as long. I have to have one chord to take me out of this. I have to get off this thing. God, the stories, god little, the memories, god all the hurts that have made me out of this—come on, now, one stroke, one fever blister, one moment when it’s time enough that I’ve cum. One throw and one recant and get out of here now and move without substance out of the shadows of this too sunny room, this too hot room, and my eyes are killing, and would they pick up the cord? I have no idea who this person is. I. We're going to finish this."I heard, "Okay, Darryl."We pulled out of the garage without incident and began to shoot as soon as we had targets.The lions seemed to be backing off from the armory and I realized that it was around four in the morning. We took out about ten more before all of them had faded into the woods. Out of targets, we headed back to the armory and met the other Bradley coming around a corner. We went along together and entered the garage.It was very quiet when we entered the.