Was that fair? Well, they knew the law and, if they were worthy, the new political system was flexible enough to allow the cream to rise and the dross...to sink, given time and a reasonable amount of effort.Within a terran-year of the launch of the New Empire, every single system had surrendered with barely a couple of hundred planets or moons that held out under siege by a few madmen who couldn’t accept what was happening, while most of the resistance was by true republics who did not want to. He had a concussion; he knew who he was but had blurred vision and was unsteady on his feet.The doc checked my arm where I had taken the swing of the bat; it was bruised as were my knuckles.I watched the four minute scene played over on the ZNN broadcast. The audience was growing in the waiting room. Senators and Congressman were filling the place up and trying to ask questions.The steps to the Hill were now crowded with police and camera crews who were watching and giving reports and in the. ’ She said proudly. ‘There is so much about you I don’t know anymore. I should have asked you all those things before I met you again.’ ‘Dave, you haven’t changed a bit. You still worry about so many inconsequential things.’ She smiled. The word ‘inconsequential’ made me look from the bathroom to the bed for some reason. Jessica saw the glance and laughed. ‘Yes, I put you in the bed. As I said, it wasn’t the first time.’ ‘But… but, I was… you saw…’ I spluttered, going a deep red. She was still. ”We walked in silence and my mind ran with the implications of what that would mean. How much could they pick up of one another? Was Davik aware of this connection or did he not feel it? Would the connection get stronger over time? Could the connection be turned off and, if so, was it done consciously or subconsciously?“There are no thoughts,” she continued, taking time to choose her words. “Only emotions and the pain of what is happening to him, but on a much lighter scale. But it comes and.