Leaned forward to listen carefully, instead of hitting the "Mute" button and talking with others nearby about something actually interesting."Chantal ...nnounced today that a reward is being offered to the man who saved her life on that fateful day, when three armed men tried to force her into a van while she was visiting a childcare center."People leaned forward even farther and waved at others around them to hush."Chantal and the governor are offering two hundred thousand dollars for her savior. They stayed at home being bored out of their minds. The good news is that at least we got home to them every other day. The bad news is that we were bone weary with the continuous duty the night before. This made us not so frisky when young people like us should be.Being in the military, we were all stuck with a budget that pre-empted any heavy partying at the nightclubs in town, only going there on special occasions. So we banded together for some fun and games, and it turned into a weekly. It looked like a fat finger, pointing at her.“Goody,” she said, and while he tried to work out what that meant in their strange language, her head moved forward and her mouth opened.“Shit, shit, shit!” gasped Rilpak as dials on his board began wavering. “Now the sergeant is in distress. What the fuck is going on here?”“We’re going to have to probe them,” said the captain.“Sir, they have the technology to detect our probes,” Munwavvatii reminded him.“I don’t care. We have to get some data. This. Anna was very proud of Angelo and told him so.Layla kissed her dad. "Thank you Papa. I know he will be perfect for me. Can Eric and I announce this to the family tonight while we're all together?" If you like. They'll be pleased, I'm sure."Layla went to find Eric who was upstairs with Amy. In a minute they came down with Eric carrying Amy and walked to the fireplace in the sitting room.Layla yelled above the din, "Could I have everyone's attention for a moment?" The sound of people shushing.