Not because I thought he might try to compensate for his previous sideways drift. He wouldn't do that even unconsciously, because training requires re...eating the same actions. Even if the technique was one that caused him to feel pain, which many of them briefly do, he'd repeat his 'attack' the same way every time.Of course he missed to the other side. He looked down again, with much less surprise and with some admiration."VERY good! I have never seen anyone cause a sideways movement like that. Why don't you go back to College and get your degree? It's not too late and I know your parents would be delighted." My parents! Don't make me... ing laugh Mr Ferguson! They disowned me and they meant it. My life's as good as over, as far as my being any use is concerned. I'm doing this for a good man who will put this invention to good use. That's all that matters. Let's get these papers signed and witnessed, shall we? And don't breathe a word of what has gone on here to anyone. Not ever!" Did. He was still being gruff. “All right, you’ve heard what it has to say. Now tell me, is there any reason I shouldn’t kill this bloodsucking fiend right now?”“There’s four of them in this room with you right now. I didn’t save this world from Alduin simply to lose it to vampires because you’re an obsessed ass. You may not be able to set your hatred for her kind aside, but you will keep a civil tongue in your head when addressing her. This may be your castle, but this is my realm. Is that. It took me about two seconds to realize that reality was totally different than Mary Richards’ little world, but only about another two seconds to realize I still liked it. The station manager who greeted me wasn’t gruff but lovable, just busy, who immediately dumped me on his assistant manager, who was gruff, and if not lovable, certainly likeable and well-respected. He laid out the hierarchy of the station and my position in it.I was lower than whale shit at the bottom of the ocean.This,.