. even assuming it breaches their shield.”“Yes, their beam weapons aren’t bad, if slow to recharge. Even then they’re not enough individually ...o breach a shield unless it’s within the range of one of their or our scramblers,” Arch agreed. “Best way is still a Null bullet, though again, the Drow don’t cope to well in Null’s vicinity.”“I’ve converted several thousand rounds into shield breakers for them and they can use Null tipped swords too,” I added.“Good, shame that Drow poison doesn’t work. Besides, I don’t like a bunch of people meddling in my business.”“I need to take lessons from you. Seems like every time I turn around someone is trying to get into my business.”“From what you’ve told me so far, it’s not your business they’ve been trying to get into.”We were almost to the entrance when she stopped in her tracks and looked at me. “It just now dawned on me what you meant. You sure have a strange way of putting things. I ride two hundred and sixty miles with you, and you already. I opened my eyes to find Joey’s intense gaze seemingly attempting to burn a hole through me. I will never understand how anyone could hate me that much while still being able to remember everything we had done together.Suzi got over her shock first and said, “Joey, what’s gotten into you?”“Nothing. It’s what had been taken out of me you should be asking about.”“I...” Suzi started but never finished as she became completely confused.“Aren’t you going to say something? Buddy old pal?” Joey said. A lot of people used it as a party area, as it was fairly well shielded from the road and not very brightly lit.One August night I woke to the sound of Dave Mathiews, playing at near concert-volume outside my window. I like the music, but at four AM on a work night all it did was piss me off. I peeled the bedsheet off of my body and, without my glasses, made my way to the kitchen window to see what the hell was going on.Through the window I could see the offending party, a car parked parallel.