The Gorz had figured out how to manipulate that feature in the few invisible ships they had captured in that invasion, but had never been able to dupl...cate it.This race, whoever they were, apparently had the same ability. Had some of the chofries escaped? Was this a colony of chofries? There had been no record of such a colony in the records captured on the planet, but so much of the knowledge of that planet had resided in the computers that stubbornly refused to regurgitate any information.. The running treads did little good now, and he slipped almost causing him to fall, but he managed to catch himself in time.When he walked in the back, after stomping the snow off his shoes on the metal mat, he wasn't really cold — the exertion took care of that, but his feet were. The New Balance shoes that he preferred were well designed for running, but they weren't designed for running in the wet snow. His feet were soaked — and cold.Diana met him in the mudroom. "Strip," she simply said as. I tried to say no but ended up being dropped into the water, immediately I felt some strong arms help me up. It turned out to be Malcolm whose hands stayed on my waist briefly where he had lifted me. "That wasn't very nice" I said while trying not to laugh. "I'm sorry" he said, "You can dunk me if you want, to make it fair." "I can't lift you" I said. "You can try and push me under" Michael said. And without hesitation I jumped up planted my hands on his shoulder and tried to push him down.. Nothing on but heels, hose, panties and bra and as I stood there in the doorway looking at her she looked over at me."Yes Daniel, something you want?"I saw her little smile and I knew that she had noticed my tented trousers and I turned and went into my room. Was she sending signals? Was Troy right?That night I was awake when she got home and came into my room. It was a repeat of the previous night right up to the point where she snuggled in against me. Then she did something that she had never.