I quickly grabbed my tight lycra jogging pants and top that I jogged in yesterday and answered the door to find Eric standing at the door. Eric said t...at he had something that he needed to discuss with me and asked if he could come in. I don't know why, but I let him in and offered him something to drink.We went into the living room and Eric and I sat on the couch together. Then Eric spoke up. "Sarah, the water softener that you bought from me is very different from any water softener of its. . extracted Susan and Jasmine from the pub, it was apparent they were both a little worse for wear, particularly Jasmine who had great difficulty in moving in a straight line. After a little thought, we got them into the back of the car and I sat in the front with Anna to make our way home. I was unsurprised that Jasmine as asleep leaning on Susan within half a mile of moving off and Susan was pretty drowsy. Anna drove very carefully. The 600cc 2CV is surprisingly nippy, but she kept the speed. A half hour later Bud Fillmore came in wearing overalls. His hands were black with grease and dirt. He was kind enough to wash them before offering his still-wet hand to be shaken. He said he’d been working on the hydraulic pump on a tractor.Basically we just stayed in the kitchen and pitched in to help get supper ready. Jennifer peeled potatoes and I helped snap fresh green beans from their garden into shorter pieces. Those went into the pressure cooker, along with Jenn’s potatoes. There was a. She positioned several collection points above the plane of the elliptic and in the Kuiper Belt. Like the news, this data must be retrieved.And the growing colonies within the Darjee sphere also needed to be included - giving and receiving both news and data on the conduct of the war with the Swarm, and the tools developed for this and other purposes.Helva was tasked, and she and Inkie were willing. In fact, Inkie was the key.In short order, the pair became the nucleus of a traveling USO show..