Scott thought all my pitches were within the areas I needed them to be.I relaxed and ate a big lunch, or actually a before game dinner. It was too bad... because I was ready long before game time. I had three protein shakes with the meal, and was sipping on another one while sitting in the visitor's clubhouse.Hanigan finally showed up to warm me up after batting practice. He told me, "I figured you would warm up early today, so there was no need for me to be here to harass you to get ready. Let's. Gullah food. One-pot wonders.Vegetables that stew all day.Squash, zucchini, sweet peas. Rice and benne seeds. Local fish, meat, shellfish.Everything fresh, everything in season, everything from nearby. Centuries before the venerable Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley and kicked off the local sourcing craze.Cooking like nothing Kansas City had tasted. Except perhaps for visitors to Charleston. And even there it isn’t that common anymore. Gullah preparations had morphed in other. "Can you change it to the same one we were using at Headquarters?" Sure, but it's against regulations." Do it; then ask Xing to okay it." Right."When she returned to the room, Pru said, "That went well." When you've been a sergeant major as long as I have, you learn how to communicate. Anyway, Xing's got these people clued in. We can do just about anything we want. He'll know about it before we do, anyway. Good man — for a man."Maeve watched the clock count up to 0800 and keyed the com. "Good. “Clear right,” Andy called after checking his side. We could hear the pumps and the starter run then, and shortly we heard the turbine engine ignite. The rotors slowly began to turn, and the ship to vibrate. We all put on the provided helmets to protect our hearing, and so we could follow the conversation between the pilots. The three officers had mikes to communicate with the pilots and each other.“Here we go,” I heard the pilot say over the intercom, and we began to move forward and gain.