. . ‘ ‘Back off, gramps.’ The man glared at him. ‘Please, let’s have a seat,’ the manager suggested, trying once more for calm. Lani felt ...ad for him, she could see both the man and woman were high or drunk on something. Neither would be amenable to the soft approach. ‘I said, ‘back off!” the man yelled, and pushed the older man back. The manager stumbled a few steps and caught himself on the counter, but then slipped and hit his head. Lani watched as one of the staff behind the counter grabbed. " It's ok, I understand. I'd be afraid to go through myself, I don'treally know much about the mirrors, but Grandma Larkin says that they arevery useful." Will I meet her?" Sure, when you want to, I'll introduce you." Ok... I think I want to, because I have lots of questions for her, but Ihave to go to school now, so I have to go back. I'll see you later."---Over the next few months, Jeff spent as much time as he could visiting theother side. The next time he went he met, Grandma Larkin.She. Extending her hand before her, palm facing up, the demoness raised her arm. As she motioned, the floor before them began to glow faintly, and from the ground ascended an army of hundreds of wooden statues. The life-size, finely detailed soldiers were arranged in long rows. They stood motionless before Lilith and James.The former turned to the latter, "You've proven that you're capable of drawing in and suppressing energy; now I'm going to teach you how to release it."With that, the alluring. " Kayla, I don't want this to get out of hand ... I mean ... They seemed to overreact on the plane..." Overreact my ass," Kayla snapped. "You rescued them from that pig. And they know he's dead. I told them before we left when they were worrying he would follow them and get them back. I didn't tell them you killed him, but they know you were the boss of the mission. That means you were the one who was ultimately responsible for his death. No way are they going to believe that Ingles just up and.