" Kalea's mind appeared to drift."Ha!" laughed Mark. "Clear maybe to Mayoni or Hiapo... Kalea, can you pretend that the Ring is physical and just cont...nue with your report?" Sure! Sorry. There used to be three slip bubbles, The Aina bubble, the core bubble, and the Earth bubble. The Ring popped the Aina slip bubble. The core bubble is in direct contact with Aina. This is a much more stable connection, perhaps infinitely stable, perhaps impossible to destroy. I still have more analysis to do on. Pressure on brain is bad thing. Must take away pressure. I not brain surgery, but I try if you have medical equipment." Okay," I said, and looked at the backpacks.But Zhengfu was already there. "Here is our medical kit," she said. "Hurry please, we need to get into the boat – or we'll all be dead." Then she said something in Chinese and all the Fa's took heed.I took a quick look out through the mouth of the tunnel. It was all dark. You couldn't even make out the edges of the river.I refocused. Don’t be coy.”“We didn’t … you know … do it.” She cringed to have uttered such a childish euphemism. The phrase ‘have sex’ had died in her throat. She tried to compensate for her nervousness with a mischievous flourish. “Let’s just say I made him a very happy boy before he left that bathroom. And let’s hope Kimber didn’t need the use of him too soon after.” She giggled, and Gavin laughed with her, a warm laugh of collusion that seemed to accept her as a grown-up.“I trust no evidence was left of. Laurie, lay back on the bed with an arm over her eyes,trying to concentrate. What had she done? Hadn’t sheput Barry in his place? Then she groaned as sheremembered that she hadn’t told him off, that she’dactually pulled the fly to his pants open and shovedher hand into his pants while he’d done the same to herwith his hand.“Oh god!” Laurie moaned. She’d just rememberedsomething else. It was probably a while later when theother couple got up and left the.