, as that being of the devil is like a roaring lion with his demons seeking to steal, kill, & destroy, & other than that, or with all things considere..., & whereas I myself would just like to say that I don't pledge allegiance, or loyalty to somebody, or something else unless they themselves being of individual persons, &/or collective bodies of people/s were truly an ally of loyalties much rather than instead of possibly being of the enemy for these here end-times, or for that being of an. Holly touched Mark’s arm and pointed out the three people descending the stairs. She called out and tried to add a bit of levity to reduce her tension. “So, who ordered this?”Toshi cracked a quick smile as she and Farideh and Peggy joined up with Mark and Holly. “Yeah. We checked just about everything on the first floor, no power anywhere. How about the mall?”“About what we expected,” said Mark. “The entry store is dark, the spiral too. Thank God for Carla and her foresight.” Mark was referring. "Brian," she said, "I think it's time to stop the pills."Brian wasn't sure that he heard her correctly. Looking at her face, itwas obvious he had. "You're serious? I thought I was doing so well andmaking such great progress. I thought I'd be right up there with myclassmates by the time I returned to school in the fall." Brian, we have some issues to discuss. I don't see any sign of your ownsystem taking over and replacing the low dose estrogen. All I'm seeing isthe estrogen moving you. Finally, with time perilously short, the actual construction of the Ark—for so it had been named—began. As had been so for all previous interstellar craft, the work would have to take place far above the Earth's surface in the vacuum of space; this would be a ship that could never touch even a planetary atmosphere. Even so a new generation of technology had to be devised to allow ferrying of the huge parts that were to be incorporated into the finished ship from the surface, where they were.