She walked briskly there, needing to go and relieve herbladder fast. Though, she noticed a flashing light from outside theliving room in the darkness ...f the backyard, but eh probably nothing.Chloe entered the bathroom and for a moment thought to lock the doorbut decided not to do so. Oh man, need to relieve myself, she thoughtas she got to the toilet. Chloe looked left and right, to make sure noone is there, before she stood right in front of it. Usually she wouldsit down and do the business. It was similar to the space battles that had already taken place. Our weapons were superior to theirs, but they had us outnumbered heavily. Every casualty we took meant a narrowing of the gene pool, but for them it was less then a drop in the bucket. I drew a bead down on a quick moving lightly armored hovercraft and sent several slugs slamming into the thin coiling around the bottom of it. It dipped down, whatever device giving it the mysterious power of levitation damaged. I grinned fiercely. No, with those talons on my fingers I couldn'ttake out the lenses, and without my vision, I'd still be helpless... andOfficer Morton would be mad.And so I stand there, my arms beginning to ache, wondering how long thishas taken, whether Mistress Thorne is missing me... whether she'll doanything about it if she is. I wonder how long they'll keep me here? I..I doubt they'll let me go when the office finishes... or.. maybe they'llrelease me back into the office on Monday? My shoulders sag a little. Time.The track announcer finished his normal Winner’s Circle chat ... that wasn’t bad. He presented her with a check that was bigger than she was.She had all her talking points covered. Tires, Pit Crew, tool maker, car builder, the Driving School ... she thanked them all. Never mentioned me ... Why would she mention me ... I showed no interest ... I was just ner boss. No biggie. Thank God.Then the Local Affiliate (telly) got her aside and did their own interview ... which went sorta like.