That was my response. Ok priya, I am boarding now. Call you after reaching there. I said & cut the phone. Priya looked at them again & she holds her s...irt between her thighs as it was getting spread because of strong wind. The guys were passing comments. She didn’t say just looked at them. After few minutes one guy again went close to her & said something. Priya also talked to him. I couldn’t hear it because of distance. He was talking to her continuously.Priya was replying occasionally. Now he. . well, I’m sure your imaginations can tell what the result is. Not only does Little Blue now have to learn how to control and operate the monolith correctly, it also has to try and power it. This meant the range of the monolith had dropped to a radius of 4 km. Which was barely enough to cover a quarter of the city, let alone the thousands of square kilometres of grain it protected with Exsue in control.Having realised just how fucked they would be if the city were attacked, the Brotherhood. I thought he had left me, and I tried to cry out. The gag muffled everything I said, and I felt it fell on deaf ears anyway, so I just sat and waited. A thousand things roared thru my mind. Where is he? What is he doing? Why isn't he here with me? What is he doing? Where is he? Where the hell is he?My emotions were running rampant as fear was replaced by resentment and anger soon followed. Finally submission and resignation. I had no idea how long I had been tied into this position, but it felt. These factors could delay magical interference with the science I knew so well, and had grown up with. I wanted to run it by Mathew though, since he was an expert on the subject. Well... the only expert I knew of.The meal was served in a small dining area. There were settings for the King and his family, for Mathew and myself, and for one other. The chair for the last setting was empty, right now. I was thinking that it meant someone was going to show up soon. Both Mathew and I had arrived.