Nanaia nodded, "You've already figured out we're a rather hidden group ofpeople. Yes, usually seeing me is the last thing you'll see and itusually me...ns it's a big job to boot; but whilst we're mercenary and forhire we do have rules. No innocents, no civilians." She sighed, "Whichis the tricky bit, we've not been in this situation before I mean youthree have parents right? I mean your not orphan runaways who won't bemissed right?" We're just out her camping for a few days, our parents will. I couldn’t stomach the carrying on,” she told them, before the Mayor broke in.“But ... but 40 Dragons! That many could destroy the entire city,” the Mayor objected in a panic.“You are correct. We, that is the Executive Committee, are still working on a translation of what the Dragons said in their meeting with her. Most of it was in a very old dialect of Gaelic or possibly Celtic. Our initial work on it indicated that they MAY be her followers or allies, but there are apparently other Dragons. What’s up? I’m glad you called; I’ve missed talking to you.”“I’ve missed you too, Alex. Can you do a favor for your favorite sister?”“You’re my only sister. But for you, anything. What do you need?”“Can you do a background check for me? I got propositioned for sex by a couple of Russians. I’d feel safer if I knew something about them. I think they work on a ship that comes into the docks.”“Sure, sis. Give me an hour to see what I can find out. If the Marshal Service or anyone else has. You know she set out to give her life to stop that mercenary from firing on us in the hallway. I’m afraid she’ll have the same attitude when she and Ann fight those aliens. If we have to fight them, I want her – both of them – to be in the safest place they can possibly be.”Jeff took his wife into his arms, hugged her, then held her at arm’s length for a moment. “That place doesn’t exist, Hon. Besides, there’s no real way to anticipate what the aliens will do. If that ship drops all its.