I knew my gaming skills were going to be compromised in this state.“How about something cooler?” he said with the same weird tone. What’s going ...n today with him? “Meaning?” I asked.“Meaning something cooler, something we wouldn’t normally do” he said as he got down the bed and sat next to me “We have a whole weekend ahead for ourselves, we are going to graduate soon, I say we should do something different, something crazy”He stretched his legs next to mine, his leg hair was barely touching my. “Pietor, you’ve already lost a man trying to track this down. Let’s not lose any more. Have Andrei tell Todd that he’s done all he can. Personally, I don’t see the point of him staying in Washington. Tell Andrei that it’s time to get the hell out of there. We’ll provide safe transport for himself and his family to Canada or Geneva or wherever he desires. But he must leave, now!“I doubt that it will be safe for him to attempt a border crossing with his family; he is most probably flagged for. "Ishtar? Where is Ishtar?" I asked.The screen flickered. A moment later a spatial hologram of the Borneo Military District lit up over the general's desk. The current Confederacy systems immediately turned blue as known Sa'arm systems turned red. To my surprise one blue star appeared about one hundred light years deep into the red-marked Sa'arm territory. I gasped. "That's?"The General growled. "Ishtar, a colony that was set up on a world with an acidic atmosphere deep inside Swarm-held space.. I parked the car and walked up to the front door, where I saw an envelope with my name on it. Reaching in I pulled out a key and a note, written on stationery in a flowing (and very feminine) script: Welcome to Hartley Manor Michael Jamison! It'll be a pleasure to have you and your wife as residents here. I was enchanted by my discussions with your wife Julie. I hope you enjoy our guest home - it's wonderful to have it occupied once more by such lovely people. Please make yourself.