Even the landing site, lately vacated by the second lander on its way back to the ship, seemed desiccated. The pavilion alone stood as it had been, bu... now on a virtual island amid the excavation with only a single elevated lane connecting it to the remaining raised ground."Oh, God," Meiersdottir murmured as the desolated landscape came into view. "I never wanted to see it like this." Calm yersel', Missus," said MacPherson soothingly. "Dinna forrge' why ye'rre herre." You're right again,. As you can see," he said sardonically, gesturing to the wall and window, "we had a visitor or two yesterday. We felt a little on edge last night, so decided to stay in a motel." Jack, I'm so sorry..." Save it, Sharon. Unless you did this, or know who did, then I'm not really interested in your sentiments." Maybe so, but regardless of everything, I still love and worry for my children. You can't blame me for my concern over any of this."Jack knew by her inflection she wasn't just referring to. We go on board and he fixes us both a scotch as he give me a tour of this incredible boat. He gives me a job description and tells me what I need to be responsible for but I was gawking the whole time. We head back up to the fly bridge and settle down with another scotch. We are on the top deck, the sun is setting and other yacht dwellers start making their way on their decks to admire the same. I start getting buzzed as I usually don't; drink hard liquor but Dave keeps feeding me, this guy is. “I have nowhere else to go; I was condemned to a long, agonising death by House Blue because I castrated a man who tried to rape me,” she explained to us. “Even if I were to complete my mission, in which they believe I will fail, they would still go after me as they have no honour. My clan, House Green, offered my services to kill you in order to help me escape, though I do not know why. I am certain they knew I would run, though no one ever has and survived. So, I need to put myself in a safe.