....... When it's massive wings began to shake violently, he took off and soared towards the far reaches of my conscience leaving me stagnant and unaw...re of the horrors I unleashed because of my lack of power. The Oasis As I opened my eyes, slowly the crack of daylight seeped in me, filling me with it's warmth. I was nothing short of relieved to see it again, hoping there was no more imminent threat, I looked sideways only to see a completely different scenery. It was an Oasis, covered with. "What do I do now?" I asked."Anything you want to. Are you hungry?" No." I said, reminding me of how much smaller I was now and I wondered how much I would eat when I was hungry."I'm not sure if you want to talk to any of your friends right now, but a girl Carla stopped by yesterday and earlier today and Dan called this afternoon." She said, giving me a strange look and tone when she mentioned Carla.I cringed, knowing I would probably never have a chance with Carla now. I wondered if I would. "Fleeing her unease at the smiling Indian, she embraced her earlier anger."The Governor can go soak his head, and you can join him. We've given them enough. At this rate, we won't have anything left from England by Christmas. You're a fool, Matthew! A worthless fool who is going to sell our birthright for a mess of potage! Well I won't stand for it anymore!" Please, Caroline! We need to eat! Governor White will return soon with everything we could want or need. Until then, we have to make do. I saw Gloria at the prosecutor’s table and noticed that she was doing her level best to avoid looking at me directly and that bothered me because it meant that she was passing along the FBI investigation highlights to the prosecutors that were making the verbal argument to vindicate the charges.Brenda and Ricky were at my defense table along with two other lawyers from the same firm. They both told me their names, but in the nervousness of the moment, I immediately forgot it. That was sort of.