.. release. I’m not angry, or at least not with you (never with you), but I have a pent-up energy that needs a particular manner of release, and I a... very clear as to that manner, and I am determined that that release it shall find.And as I walk in the door and you greet me and embrace me and wrap your arms round me and I wrap mine around you we hold each other and every day when we greet like this it's as if we've just discovered each other for the first time and our kiss lingers and our hands. .. they have been training with flashpowder weapons." If memory serves me correctly the two units are stationed at the ruins on permanent guard duty." Syrena replied."True, but the weapons they are armed with could be a decisive factor should the four fail." Tatiana replied. She pointed to the map. "With a proper Mage-Gate relay, the two battalions could be in place with two days. They can provide a good first line defense along the pass, the fire-castors they are equipped with would be. “So, what does that mean, exactly?” she asked.“It means I’ll have a regular 9-to-5 job. No more late nights. No more weekends. I’ll be able to spend more time with you and make up for all the years I neglected you, neglected us.”She nodded. I am a great judge of people and can usually read their reactions very well. It comes with the job. However, I was having a hard time telling what she was thinking.“You don’t look happy,” I said.She reacted to my words by forcing on what appeared to be a. “I guess that you have seen the news it is a six week stint; the question is where do we go from here? There are several ways to go; one is a six week leave of absence. Another would be six week un-paid leave of absence. The final one is for me to resign,” I said.“Kampala, Uganda of all the places in the world to go to they pick that god-forsaken place to send you,” Bob said.“Well it is just for six weeks and I have had boosters for all my shots,” I said with a laugh.“You know with all the.