'Should never have sent the weak fools, ' Nicolas thought to himself mulling over the deaths of his acolytes. 'They had some talent but obviously I ov...restimated their abilities, ah well, better now than in a battle when I really needed them. It must be that old fool Ian, he has always been the strongest of the others, ah well, it's no matter, his mental protections of Mr. Dane will prove useless against a bullet."The intercom buzzed, the pilot making the announcement that they would be landing. Siggis Mutter registriert das Ganze mit Erstaunen. Jeanieerz?hlt ihr die Geschichte, also die offizielle Version zu Ende."Wenn du mal Diet warst, wie kannst du jetzt mit Siggi...?" Frau Hermann, so wie ich ein junger Mann war, so bin ich jetzt einerichtige Biofrau. Ich sagte es schon, zwischen uns beiden, FrauHermann, also zwischen ihnen und mir gibt es keinen biologischenUnterschied au?er dem Alter. Und eines kommt noch dazu, Siggi und ichkennen uns doch nun schon sehr lange und dadurch sind. "You see the slaves in the pictures, all of them either black or Asian. There is no room for me in that world; I'd have to be your slave, never your lover, always below you - if you know what I mean. Although it would be your idea of heaven, it isn't mine."She went upto Michael, and softly kissed him, "You would at least be with me, but you're right, you would never be happy which means I wouldn't be happy, thank you Michael you've told me what I needed to know." She kissed him again, this time. I also 'acquired' some solar panels which I liberated from an unmanned level crossing on the nearby railway which was now unused and rusty. Someone had got there before me but they had been more interested in the copper wire for scrap and the solar panels were undamaged. I set these up on the garage roof. The power was now off at least six hours every day and some days longer.Kelly and I were getting on fine, both in and out of bed, we worked well together. Kirsty would even help with simple.