No reaction again! I slowly started to press them and Man! they were soft like sponges and felt heavenly to keep doing that.I then, made her stand and...hugged her slowly from behind still not sure of her reaction. She stood there without the slightest of movements and I put my hand on her right shoulder and made her turn on my side. She had her head down and I guessed she had her eyes closed shut! I lifted her head up and noticed that there prickles of tears surrounding her both the eyes. I was. Wolf answered from the other side of the wire. "My boss. The Colonel. Seems like he's finally ready to pounce." It's my fucking play," Gretchen roared bitterly. "Mine and Karl's. We wrote it as mock propaganda. They're going to make it real propaganda."Being extremely nervous, Michael turned on his usual defensive sassy and cynical sarcasm, "I thought hounds chased foxes." I'm sure the Colonel hopes so," Kat responded, "to set a trap." But who are the Courage Players?" asked Gretchen tightly.. The others were passed on to Eager Beaver. They were paying for all the repairs anyway. With these eight new Mechs and what had been captured and repaired when they first landed Shadow was two full companies plus a Command Lance in strength. We had twenty-eight Mechs that we could put on the line as soon as we had pilots for them.For two months now my Mule Dropship had been hauling ore and rare earths out of here. The AC-20s had been sold for nearly twice what they had cost and with the hauling. She had chosen a contemporary style of Architecture that focused on clean lines and incorporated natural as well as metallic elements, tastefully decorated with both passion and a restrained hand. The effect had been an efficient, clean generally soothing space. This space was more than a house to her, it was her home, though what would happen to this home tomorrow had yet to be answered to her satisfaction. But now was not the time to ponder on that. Her mind groused at the thought of any kind.