" Debbie was off crossing the paved precinct me pushing Melissa behind heras we headed for the Salon. By the time I got inside Debbie was alreadytalki...g to one of the assistants. "Great to see you, what a coincidence Inever knew you worked here, this is Alex a friend," she said gesturing tome before going on. "Alex this is Gillian we trained together at college,I've not seen her in years," she said before hugging her."Pleased to meet you," I said extending my hand to her once she had. "Those were laser strikes," reported Xenia, who was sitting less than a meter from the back end of the barrier. "The barrier absorbed it. No damage to the tank." Yet," said Sanchez. "If they get a burn-through and manage to put another shot in the hole, that's our ass." Thanks, sarge," Xenia told him. "You really know how to cheer us up when things get rough, you know that?"Meanwhile, Zen was listening to their conversation in his headset but absorbing little of it. He was popping off WestHem. We had lost the advantage darkness provided us. Only I remained invisible amidst the flames. I drew my bow, trying to aim at his head. As soon as I fired, an arrow appeared out of nowhere, but instead of hitting the target, it disappeared just a few feet from it, engulfed and consumed by the flames.I had just revealed my position to the dragon. He couldn’t see me, but he could tell where I was. He redirected his torrent of flames towards me. If He hadn’t missed me, I wouldn’t be here to tell. We danced some more and they produced some vodka and mixers and we had some of those, and I was beginning to loosen up. And still there was no rush, apart from Mum kissing Nuru and dancing close with him. Wekesa lit up and after taking a draw he held it out to me.“Commit to it,” Mum was next to me, “suck it all the way down in one go, then you won’t cough.”Well I did, and it worked. A few seconds after doing it a hazy kind of mellowness rolled through me and I was grinning at everyone, while.