In a real fight you won't have time to stop and think. You'll have to react." Angel," the girl replied hesitantly, "What exactly is the purpose of thi...? Sword-fighting I mean. It's great exercise but why do we need it?"Angel shook his head and then relented. Crossing to Nina he took her chin in his hand and tilted her head up until their eyes met. "For ages a sword has been the best weapon to deal with a lot of the adversaries that we might meet in the times ahead of us. Other vampires, many. “I bet that disgusting, raping bastard, Calen Arthur knew this. If I’m right, he came after you because once Chasen Wellington knew that he’d raped his grandchild, no force on earth was going to be able to protect him from the hurt that the Wellingtons would bring down on him.“It all makes sense, when you think about it... “Hazel Thompson gets herself knocked up by Chasen Wellington’s heir. Something goes terribly wrong and she murders him, cutting herself off from the family fortune.“Ross is. When the cab dropped us off, Jan stood there wide-eyed gawking at the elegant villa in front of her. I lead her into the foyer as the cab driver carries our luggage in.“Robert, this place is huge,” Jan blurts as I show her through the house. “There’s even a swimming pool in the garden. Oh, Robert, I would love to do a couple of laps to cool off and stretch my muscles.”“Of course, just get changed into your bathing suit and I will join you in a few minutes.”While Jan is changing, I confer with. We’ve only been playing during the day, so far, but I doubt that will continue. Oh, and earmuffs similar to the ones we’ve been using for the last few days, but I think I’ll get the ones that have microphones built in. That way we’ll be able to hear each other over the sound of gunfire, as well as be able to communicate without people being able to overhear us.”“Sounds like we’ll be needing a ton of batteries as well,” Ben said. “Besides the reloader, everything you listed requires.