Lollard. This is my brother, Stephen. And this is Hal McCoy, my cousin,” the aging Klucker admitted, now quite out of breath.“How old are you?” ... asked the man.“Sixty,” Eric admitted.“I see,” I answered, “and can you tell us anything about the other Kluckers in town?”“There’s a dozen more, but all scattered around town. We didn’t prepare for Molotov cocktails. That one scared the piss out of even Floyd, and he’s our Grand Dragon. Once he ran, it was over. Please ... don’t shoot me ... you. ”“I’m at four!” J-Hawk announced.Another explosion towards the rear of the ship.“Now, I’m at four also.” Bull Dog stated.Inside the control room, the Captain announced 22 to 4.The Admiral looked over and released a lung full of air. They had about 30 minutes on the clock. He was standing on the left shoulder of the Radar Technician. He nodded and went back to watching the Radar. He announced into his mic, “We have four bogies coming over the bow.”“Eagle, can you get the two on the left?” J-Hawk. He had given lessons before but nothing like this one to his surprise. Matt had his eye on her before and could not think of passing that ethical boundary between student and teacher. Would he cross the line?He gave her the standard lesson. She was wearing blue track pants showing off her slim body and with the jacket emphasising her breasts. With each action, the intensity was growing between them. The blades clashing, bodies in motion as technique and skill combined with each movement. All. Their speech gave me trouble atfirst, but in minutes I recognized it as a Greek dialect and I was ableto make them understand, as if our unarmed wagons were not proofenough, that we were no danger to the city. In fact it was soon obviousthat the townspeople would welcome Nikolai and his goods. Some of thecitizens eyed our slave girls, who shamelessly swung their hips atthem. The girls need not have tried. I did not think Nikolai would bein a mood to sell them.It was close to dusk when we set up.