As the door opened, Harvy came into the lab with Song in tow. Choosing to completely ignore whatever Skay was doing to some unconscious girl on the fl...or of his lab, Song turned to Anvil. “There’s been some kind of incident in the city. We’re not sure what exactly happened, but the monolith’s array patterns are starting to dim. Clan Head is calling for an emergency town meeting.”Song then looked around quickly and saw James sitting against the wall with lazy eyes. “Junior Brother James,. Do you have any reason to believe that I might have someone else?”“You had affairs with Marg, Cherie and Debbie just to mention a few. How would I know if there are others?”‘With the exception of Marg, they are all women who you forced on to me so that you could have your freedom to carry on with other men. You don’t really think that I didn’t understand that, did you? After doing that, you are now deciding for me that I must change my behaviour after you encouraged me. How do you think that. We’re very good friends, but date other people. We’re not exclusive, yet are comfortable living together. She’s divorced. How about yourself?” I tried to turn the question back on her.“Oh, I’m still single. I was engaged for a while three years ago, but ... well, he couldn’t keep it buttoned up and a few other issues emerged, so I broke off the engagement. We’d just started to plan the wedding, too. The whole thing left a bitter taste that I’m only now getting over. I haven’t been dating very. The guard on duty there was not as startled as those last night had been.There were still clouds over the vast area north of the walls and the defenses of Frankfurt this morning, but in their muted light, we could still easily see where the fires last night had consumed the enemy's equipment and supplies. There was still some thin smoke rising from the areas on the second row of trenches where the timber supplies had been. There were only a few people visible, and they appeared to be searching.