The majestic presence of the tall trees and the rugged almost virgin territory should have been soothing to my soul after the violence of the Civil Wa... and the dangers from savages on the trek west to the Pacific Ocean.I knew without deep thought that my search for the meaning of Manifest Destiny was not as well-planned as the expedition of Lewis and Clark, but I had expected some sort of closure in reaching my geographic goals with more success than I really thought possible.I felt guilty. Beth and Jake were gone again. He'd taken his rifle. Beth wore the headgear Béla had asked her father to design for them. Last week, her Praetor had informed her that the devices were finally ready. Béla had sent Beth to fetch them from Deimos.'Do you expect me to teleport all the way there? And back?' Beth had asked, incredulously. 'I'll starve to death!''No, silly, ' Béla had replied. 'Just dream-walk and carry it back – just like we did all those munitions we stole for our games .... Their dad had taught them well.We broke the kiss and I asked her, "Are you sure you want to do this?" I have been sure since the time you played with my pussy when you thought I was asleep." You were awake then?" Yes, Sally had told Janet and me about your little experiments so I just went along faking it."Well, that answers that question. I guess my drugs don't work on anybody. Then I wondered why it had worked on me. I realized that it probably didn't work on me but I was expecting it to so. She got dressed as a guy and we got in the car, she drove because I didn’t think I could in hi heels.We arrived at a house a few minutes later and I said that I didn’t know about this as all her friends would laugh at me.No they won’t.It was very exciting getting out of the car and feeling the breeze blowing around my skirt and legs. We went in and everyone was in costume of some kind. The men all did a double take on me and I could tell they were envious.I immediately got a drink for us and.