Now try to be quiet. And then we washed up and came here." Well, come up, we'll put a mike on you, and I'll do my thing." So we moved up."Welcome back... As you can see, Dr. Gordy Hollister has joined us, together with Patrick. But he and Patrick's mother were entertaining guests, so he doesn't know why we've invited him."Early in the afternoon there appears to have been a major to-do in Canberra. We have heard that the Minister of Defence and the Minister of National Resources have both tendered. . and... sticks that fly with the quickness of thought bringing death from the sky. It was too much for us to understand, this flying death that leaped, invisible, upon us from a great distance. What else could we do? We went to find Broc." Did you find him?" Yes. But when we told him of Threm's death by the flying spear, and of sky stick death to the others, he called us cowards. Then in his anger he killed three of us with his bare hands. I only barely managed to slip away while he was busy. They ran into each other in the lobby of the theatre, Jozef greeting them both cheerfully while Anne tried to disappear behind him. Anne’s father was livid, her mother looked shocked and Anne looked defiant and terrified. Jozef was stunned by the reactions knowing he’d missed something important but having no idea what. Anne’s mother recovered first and quickly took control of the situation. ‘Tom.’ Her husband calmed enough to look at her. ‘Would you take Anne to the car? I’d like to have a. . especially when everyone there, except for Carla, thought he was the greatest thing since Jesus?" Hey, don't forget me!" I'm sorry... Carla and you," she says, her eyes reflecting her sincerity, "it was good to know at there were two people there on my side." She takes the drink I pour her, shakes her head, her raven tresses falling back to her shoulders in a silent shower. It's all I can do to remain standing. "Why did you think I wouldn't come here this evening?" she asks."Shelley, it's.