. and she has a swimming pool!" Its lovely dear, now just calm down a little and put your things away," Maureen admonished her. "When you finish, come...back down and Alex will show us the rest of the house."Siobhan nodded in agreement but couldn't manage to wipe the grin off her face.Bridget and I led Maureen through the rest of the main floor, and we then proceeded to the basement. Opening the bar's 'fridge, I found it completely stocked."Anyone want a Coke?" I asked."I'd rather have a chilled. The remaining pair of transports was holding formation in the center of the emergence area. They had been hastily stripped of everything that could be packed into the remaining four transports. The remaining materials and supplies that could not be salvaged were packed into containers, which were liberally seeded into the emergence area as well. The transports were spinning on their short axes, forming a roadblock that the Terran ships literally could not miss. At their average transit. In the middle of them, I think I caught my name.I rolled in the opposite direction, pulled a pillow into my chest and drifted off. In the middle of the night I hit that semi-awake state to roll over and found myself with an arm around me. That role played by my pillow? I was playing that role for Lita.I had to roll. I was beginning to have a cramp. I tried to move slowly and gently so as to not wake her, but..."I am sorry, Dave." 's okay, Lita."She rolled away from me and I rolled to a. A bolt of lightning struck the shield I had placed around myself using my chi. Before he could do it again I reached out and slammed his head into the table before tossing his unconscious body against the wall behind him. Again I looked at the council, “I challenge this council’s ruling over me.”As I finished I felt Cat, Sam and Elizabeth running in the outer door and a mage behind me threw a ball of fire at me. It engulfed my shield as I turned and drew the White Hawk and shot him three times.