"Legislator Matuarr ... why don't you finish saying what you were telling me when Athani came in." She spoke.The older of the two men looked at her an... nodded. The light brown coat of fur that adorned his body was well groomed and neat. His dark eyes were somewhat sunk into his skull, but he was the senior Legislator among their people."Of course... ' He answered. "I was saying that Jiss and I have been reviewing incredible amounts of information we have obtained through open sources from. ”“We could hear you as well Amanda” I chimed in “Good job babe.” I saw a sheepish grin on Megan’s face.“Well, we couldn’t let you have all the fun.”“Well girls, I am exhausted now,” said Gretchen. I am heading down to Megan’s room.“I’ll be down later and join you,” said Amanda, “I’m not quite ready yet.”After Gretchen went down, the two remaining girls pressed me for details. I told them I would not kiss and tell and ask their friend later if she was comfortable telling them.After a bit more. Even the girls had found each others and they met a couple of times a week, going shopping or just for a cup of coffee.The next time it was time for an evening on the town both Nick and Joe asked if we couldn't repeat the previous party instead. I had to ask Jane since it was she who had to do most of the work. She readily agreed and I told the guys the next day that the party was on.The dinner went well and the wine flowed freely and we were all in high spirits when we went into the. Drones were sent out to warn all of the people who were currently outside to make their way back to the caves. For some that would be difficult — for example those out farming - as the troops were between them and the cave network.Isaac ran off to the replicator room to oversee production of additional weapons so that everyone could be armed.The drones were used to establish a perimeter and monitor the movement of the troops, but by the time darkness was falling, they hadn't approached any.