"Surely you have felt this before?" Makro took the older woman's arm and led her off slightly to one side and began to talk to her in a low voice.Ever... so often Lavender could hear Rabszolga's insistent protests. "No!"Never!"It cannot be!"Each time it set Lavender to chuckling again and at times almost full laughter."That isn't very kind, Lav," Fobie said standing next to her watching the two in heated discussions. Well one side was heated anyway. Makro was explaining something while Rabszolga. "The Entity scanned ITself in surprise, noting that ITs bodies were indeed becoming depleted in spite of the high efficiency with which even ITs unconscious operations were now being performed. A minor adjustment in ITs forces, and one of ITs smaller bodies lifted the circlet from its head, walking over to where an untidy heap of packs lay neglected on the floor. Within minutes, all seven of ITs bodies were again adequately fueled and watered. The Entity again turned ITs full attention to the. ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ Jake asked. Tears filled Ashira’s eyes. ‘I didn’t think you wanted me any more,’ Ashira admitted. Jake swore under his breath. ‘I’m an idiot, you should know that by now,’ Jake berated himself. Ashira bit back a giggle as Jake knocked his fist into his head. ‘I love you Shira, I always have, and I’ll never stop,’ Jake promised. Ashira allowed Jake to wrap his arms around her and sighed. ‘Give me another chance,’ Jake pleaded again. Ashira nodded, closed her eyes. ‘I. I know that we can sometimes be the hated parents.” She said this with a small laugh. “You are not hated,” I said trying to make her feel like I liked her, though I had not been a fan of her yet, “I just sometimes feel like you need to loosen up.” “I can work on that,” she said giving my leg a small squeeze. “I used to be a loose person, didn’t have so many rules, loved to have a good time. Being married and having kids kinds of forced that side out of me. I can not remember the last time that.