Dudley, Luna and Petunia arrived home early on Sunday Evening. Dudley checked on Tunie's home work, saw she got something to drink and got her ready f...r bed, while Luna went into her office to prepare a report for the minister for magic and for the Muggle prime minister. By the time Dudley came downstairs from reading Petunia's bed time story and getting her ready for sleep, Luna was in the process of sending an owl to the minister for magic and she had phoned for an appointment with the prime. How did she find her way into our dream? And, as if Helen seeing us were not bad enough, now, Erik chooses to ignore me. He pretends that nothing happened between us. How could he? How can he? What is wrong with him? Or, is there something wrong with me? Am I the one with the problem? Did I misinterpret the look in his eyes? Did I alone feel the overwhelming power of the sensations caused by the touch of our skin upon skin? Perhaps, I allowed my loneliness to trick me into believing he feels. " Let me check."He didn't argue but leaned against the side of the ship and I began to search out his ills. The scratch was much more and infected. I could even detect wood in his arm and thigh."I don't have my instruments. Do you have a small sharp knife?" I did but it's in the neck of a pirate. The ingrate even fell into the sea with it." Pirates! Were many of you hurt?" We lost two ships and twenty seven men." How many wounded do you have?" Fourteen. One died this morning."I checked the. "This facility is already completely isolated and runs off a separate power source," Tetsuo explained. "Somehow she's still able to tap into the city grid and get power."Todd was lost in thought for several seconds before finally saying, "Well, I see you have quite a challenge for me." So you'll take the job then?" Tetsuo asked excitedly. It was the first time that Tetsuo had shown any emotion during their entire conversation. It was something that Todd noted closely. There was more going on.