Misty noticed. “Taylor, you always talk to people but I sense you are making an extra effort now.”“I’ve always enjoyed talking to people and f...nding out about them. It’s surprising what you can learn indirectly. Right now, someone may have a snippet of information that may save one or all of us later. I’m trying to learn and also make friends to the extent possible. We don’t know where we’ll wind up. I would like for us to be liked.”Sharon had also been listening. Both women nodded at my. “Otis Orchards-East Farms and Newport, yes. When they fall, the whole of Stevens and Pend-Oreille counties will be ours. Only Spokane County will be left, and of that, only Spokane and Spokane Valley. We have them almost entirely surrounded. Once the trap closes, they will be unable to escape except by means of unconditional surrender. One way or the other, the war is over,” General Bryne added with a satisfied grin.“Excellent news, of course. I look forward to our final and total victory, of. Honestly, I don't think so, Anna," I said seriously. "I don't think he knew what hit him. Of course, if Jennifer and Courtney are really in their room..." I don't want to think about that. And if you're going to think about it, go to your room!"I should have known that the girls would have called all the other girlfriends. When I talked to Rhonda Thursday morning she was the bright and cheerful girl I left and not the sad and sullen girl I'd talked to last week. Well, she was probably the only. He regarded the first exploration of another Universe as a negative experience where we had been sent to be exploited or killed. He hoped for a better universe that would allow us to evolve further and faster. He and the mathematicians found another, carefully defined its mathematics and physics, believed that it had some significant values worth exploring, and decided to ensure that they could ascend or travel there and back. What he didn’t realize was that he was not fully equipped for that.