This was the third HALO jump Ihad attempted, and hopefully it would go well.My altimeter buzzed again, and now it read only 1500ft. 500 metres aboveth... ground was nothing. I pull the ripcord, and the immense tug of thechute pulled me back. My bionics reacted slightly and helped relax mymuscles. In the other two HALO jumps I had done the instructors hadensured that I was fully prepared, and now that I was by myself I justallowed the cybernetic memory to kick in and guide me in on auto. Well, that may have been me. Probably best if I not dive too far into that in the future. It seems we’re sharing a great deal more than just my soul realm.”Meanwhile, Gold James was slowly working the greed giant down into a tiny speck. Much to James’ dismay, many of the strange elements that came from Jasmine’s realm were being refined again by their spirit force.By the end of the very unfair and one-sided battle, James’ spirit energy had doubled. Not only that, his spirit pressure was more. James continued, "That means you'll be spending the night topside. I believe David would normally have had you tonight, but I think he and Bob will be sharing Kate. Everyone will have a watch, as usual, but you will be available for all of them to play with. I think you'll agree it's going to be quite a night."The two other women helped Alison to the head and to shower. She needed help as she was about to fall asleep standing up. Then they took her to one of the cabins. Just before Alison. " JC." Larry was firm."Larry honestly I don't think I can trust JC." I stood up now looking Larry in the eye.He laughed."You can't."I blinked. Huh?"You can't trust him with money. Or booze. Or anything female. If he didn't live here I wouldn't trust him to show up for work." Larry held up a hand stopping me from interrupting. "He can however tell good livestock from bad. He can judge temperament and health of any animal." So can you." I pointed out."Yeah. Takes me longer. And I work better with.