We are the heroes. Their storytellers are chanting our praises from one end of the swamp to the other." All right, then." Amy leaned forward intently,...and Pete had to smile at the contrast between her slender beauty and Dron's reptilian bulk. "We don't have much time, since we have to strike before Pleorran is ready for us. Here's what we have to do..." You must be the one to address the council of Village Kee, friend Pete," Chief Kee had insisted. "And no, Dron cannot do so. Great Ones are to. And freckles.“Mom says they go away when I get older. Hers did.”Actually that saddens me. Many a time I’ve kissed her with little kisses, one for each freckle. Never made it to the end. Still, emerald eyes. They laughed when she laughed, smiled when she smiled. I’ve seen them in steely concentration, too, usually when she was trying to help one of her many students, official and unofficial, through a problem area.At home those eyes are still for me. Just me.Our last anniversary was our. I told them that the major power companies had no idea what we were about just yet, but that when they found out it could be very exciting for a while. I didn't think that there would be much danger, because when we did go public, we would do it in grand style. I already had an advertisement agency preparing a massive media blitz, without revealing to them the actual products. I didn't want that known until the factory had gone into full production and the warehouse was full of samples. I knew. This was the third time he was before Judges Bates for possession of a controlled substance and his rich and powerful Daddy has had enough. He told the judge to give him three years, which will sober him up. Snake, who got his name from the snake tats on his left arm and right thigh was also before the judge for his third possession charge. Both were sentenced to three years and were sent to Blackwood Correctional. As is part of the custom for processing in, they are ordered off the bus, stand.