Needless to say, that didn’t work, so with a resigned sigh I began to walk down the road, in hopes of spotting a farmhouse where I could at least ca...l for assistance. Yes, yes, I know…. I should carry a cell phone, but on that particular day, I hadn’t wanted the bother of anyone calling me. I had wanted to remain invisible for a short while. Walking down the road for about twenty minutes, with no farmhouse in sight, I began to wonder if it would have been wiser to have tried another direction.. So it was nearly ten o'clock local time when I finally walked into the briefing room to find Yvette, Louis and Tamara reviewing the damage reports."What are we telling the Admiral?" I asked as I took a seat.Louis smiled. "We will have every ship able to leave on her own power in four days. We are limited on the number of weapons and don't carry spare fighter wings, but we can have them all combat capable in six days with the exception of the Jackson. They still need additional crew and both. All her cares and worries fell away from her. She felt wonderful. An elderly couple passed, going the other way and turned. They gazed open-mouthed at this reckless and lovely young woman as she strode energetically off into the distance."Mad as a hatter, that one - makes you feel cold just looking at her!" I know! We were never like that when we were her age. And it's too late now!"This worthy old couple were not to know that Katie had endured weeks of highly uncomfortable exposure to far. We are aware from our interrogations the Ghouls do not know they can use simple chargers available everywhere. They discovered as battery power began to run out, they could acquire the electrical energy from living beings. It is highly inefficient. We have no idea why this change came about, it is bizarre. We first thought they could not recharge in Bekta Delta. We captured and interrogated several prominent individuals during the chaos following the attacks on the capital. They are all running.