.. when you're here, at least. I don't know how you behave when you're with your friends." He kissed her forehead again. "Sleep tight, princess." Befo...e he could straighten she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and hugged him."I love you, Hollie," she said."I love you, too, Annie." I think you and I are kindred spirits." I think we must be. Good night."Hollis headed back to the apartment, switching off the main lights on his way. He stripped to his boxers and crawled into bed. Outside he. There were mythological beings. There were human warriors. There were animals, plants and mechanical objects that mostly only existed in Earth atmosphere. These apparitions did not encompass the wide range of phenomena that would make sense, for instance, to beings that were arthropod, anaerobic or non-biological.And this was why it was vital that the Intrepid should not reach the Anomaly.If, as seemed most likely, the Anomaly was a kind of honey-trap for inquisitive humans what would happen. Sammy told me why.”“Oh. I wasn’t monitoring the clinic’s feeds, so you’ll have to brief me on what happened.”I told Master what happened when I waited for Sammy in the waiting room, and the conversation afterward. All the time, he nodded, as if what happened was expected.“Give me a link to your bookmark. It may indeed help. As for your performance, I’d give you an A+.”I totally ignored the tingle from my Master.“Sammy told you that you could have injured the women.”“I could have killed them. He stroked their velvet noses talking softly to each. He decided that he would start to accustom Khan to the saddle in the morning, if time permitted.When he returned to the Fort he sought out the Naik commanding the other section of Tiger Company to have four riflemen with a Lance Naik draw ammunition and accompany the supply column that had set out for the Pass. They should catch them up before they reached the caravan road he reasoned. He also said he would need another detail to guard.