While I had only enough skill and focus to keep myself from being skewered, he apparently had enough left over to watch me during the fights. I was su...e Aedan asked him to keep an eye on me, protect me, and I was just grateful that he didn't interfere with me fighting at all. But his observations were keen, and usually too accurate for comfort, and I spent a lot of time being reprimanded for various perceived failings. I knew he was trying to help, and I appreciated it, but it was depressing. The sphere started tumbling as it rose in the air. A slow rotation thatconstantly kept Cecil off balance until all he could do as it moved wasball himself up inside of it to keep from being battered more than hecould avoid. His head still couldn't help being thrown out of line withhis body no matter how he tried to tuck it close to his chest to keep itfrom being injured as the sphere gradually increased its spin justenough to prevent Cecil from even having a chance of getting to hisfeet. Cecil. We got in around eleven and by then daddy was well on his way to being drunk, but he was super kind and complementary to Sue, who was suddenly doe eyed and attentive to my fathers needs.He told her to ignore those boys who insulted her, if he was years younger he would chase her to be his girlfriend, and she lapped this up.Then he got up close to midnight and opened a bottle of Champagne and poured us a glass each. We giggled as we drank it, but we drank it too quickly, so daddy poured us. Which wasn't surprising. In theory, the defenders might have to go to court, but she doubted that would happen unless fresh funding were available. There was no local support that she could see, but she'd already outlined that earlier in her monthly report. Whatever happens, it's all futile unless the Fish and Wildlife Service decided to fight. She turned back to her laptop."So far, there has still not been another sighting of a Gibson's Water Snake. I interviewed the woman that captured and.