" A few days later their families filed a $500 million dollar lawsuit against everyone from the Guardian Angel to the City of Corvallis. It was a sour...e of late-night talkshow comedy, and eventually of zero value.]All things considered, it was a wonderfully confusing, but highly effective introduction for the Guardian Angel.Paul joined us after dinner to discuss a few things. The first issue raised was the $3,500 payments. My families hadn't heard about those, so the news caused a fair amount. I could swear I heard a gentle little 'chirr' and felt a tail brush under my chin. I had to fight them back hard.Eru and I both were quiet when we first arrived. I'm sure there were even more memories here for him.We did a quick scan of the nearby area, but found nothing and no one out of the ordinary. We cleaned up the small cabin a little, mostly I played human vacuum cleaner and used a touch of telekinesis to quickly remove the thick layer of dust from everything. We cleared the table from. Her name was Francesca. One morning her Parrot was coughing in his little cage. She called in at work and said that she could not attend that day, and then she placed hot rum in the birds bowl instead of his usual water. Within an hour the bird fell off his perch on to the floor of the cage, dead. Francesca swears that the last words to come out of its mouth were: "Je ne regrette rien".In Alabama at approximately 2.25 am, Mr and Mrs Hindmarsh jumped in their beds, woken suddenly by a large. However, I don’t want to wait until we can arrange that before getting some physical relief going. Hal, I want to go upstairs with you for a close encounter of a very physical kind; say for thirty minutes. We won’t have full sex. That has to remain special for when we have much more time. Then, Ben, we go upstairs and have a similar time.”“How does that sound?”“Cardiac arrests have been talked about,” said Hal, as broad grins filled both men’s faces. “I’ll bring the Moet in.”They drank.