Suddenly Aya’s mother appeared hovering in front of John like a shimmering mirage, but a mirage with physical substance, a menacing vision of female...fortitude. His mind was truly fucking with him John realized. John staggered almost to a stop and slowed to take in this new imposing presence on the beach. Aya’s mother was very tall for a Japanese, at least five-foot nine. She was looking sternly at John as if to admonish him. “Leave my daughter alone. She’s a half-blood Princess and you’re a. ”“Cross wins the draw, shuffling the puck back to Mueller. Mueller passes it cross-ice to Subban as Bowman body checks him. Subban gains the centre line and his forwards closely covered, dumps the puck into the Chiefs’ end.”“Lucas Lindquist gives chase and battles defenseman Justin Falk in the corner for the puck. Falk wins the fight sending it along the boards behind Tokarski to Spurgeon. Spurgeon is immediately met by Mitch Thompson.”“Thompson knocks Spurgeon off balance sending the puck back. Hell, I wasn't even getting winded, so I let him keep it up as long as he would, and finally, when he was nearly too out of breath to keep going, I grabbed an arm when he came at me again and threw him over my hip, ending up sitting astride his belly and holding his arms to the ground above his head."It was a good fight Jonalton, but you lose. I'm sure you did enough to join us though, so catch your breath and get back to your new mate to be," I said, and then grinned at him.I didn't think much. We’ll mop up here. You take care of your equipment. See you tomorrow.”What was that all about? Arnie went from being threatening to exceedingly calm in a heartbeat. Just telling him I was onto a lead shouldn’t have changed him that much. Maybe he was just regretting having snapped at me in the first place. No matter. I needed to clean up the mess of my electronics. I started by pulling the hard drive in my tower. I sealed it in an anti-static bag and pulled a spare out of my locked file.