Do you have any questions, sweetheart?”“No,” she answered, her voice still almost a whisper.I glanced at them from time to time as she moved ove... in front of Bud and dropped to her knees. Damn! She certainly is beautiful! Too bad she’s only beautiful on the outside.I kept an eye on Bud and Jessica but mostly I watched Dylan. I’m fascinated by his reaction. He has given up trying to act like he isn’t watching. His face is hard to read. He doesn’t look mad, though. Or disgusted, or any of the. ”“Why not?”“At six hundred a year, we hit about ten percent of the world power demands in three years. The problem is that only a little more than fifteen percent of the total demand is for electrical production. If we flood the market with cheap electrical power, whole other industries will collapse. I don’t want a broad economic collapse caused by our greed.”“How could that happen?”“Mining for one. If we convert and replace coal fired plants or natural gas plants to our generators too. You'd need to shower and change into your business things, and we don't have the facilities here - yet. Why not ask at that gym you go to? It's just around the corner and I think they open quite early. See old Tom Brewster. Tom's a friend of the owner - that's how we got to know about it here and get favourable terms."This was a bit of a setback. Relations had been frosty between the two for some time now, to Penny's distress. She had been uncharacteristically sharp with him once and he had. ”“Nope. My catfish courtbouillon is what hooked ‘er.”“Well, let’s do it, then. An’ like I said – any time, just tie up and plug in.”“‘Preciate that, Mister Ray.”“Hey, no problem. You brought me fish. I’m happy.”“I get too many catfish. Not a problem. I gotta meet Gee in a bit...”“Go ahead. But the invitation – remember.”“Won’t forget.”As I motored away, I imagine Mister Ray’s biggest question was whether or not I was going to stay on the river. Gee says ‘yes’. Me? I love the river and my life.