“What? No!” she cried. Circling the space formerly occupied by the portal, she discovered no telltale line drawn on the air; running her hands fra...tically through the empty space yielded no hard surface. Leda had taken the gate.“No!” she screamed again. “Leda!” Grabbing the tote, she hurled it through where the gate should be, watched it fly spinning through the air, haphazardly disgorging its contents across the floor. “No!” she screamed, again. “You can’t do this, Leda!”Furious, she whirled. Ours had been fabulous, more satisfying to me than any other, with the possible exception of Carolyn, and the first time with Donna. It had been damn good though, no matter where it ranked on my little mental list of ratings. It was frustrating to me that she didn't want a repeat performance. I had promised that I'd use a rubber the next time, but still, she refused me.I had gone back to Edna twice more, for dates, and for sex. The first time, I really had to turn up the charm and eat a lot of. We decided we will catch up in the city.So on a Friday after work we caught up on queen st in Brisbane city. First thing I noticed was she was pregnant. We walked by the river and talked a lot, she found me very interesting, though I am not a big charmer or a hot shot, however I feel she was looking for a partner and looking for emotional attachment.We decided to drive to the lookout in her Toyota Camry. We got there around 8 pm and it was windy and cold.At the lookout I just slowly put my arms. His inquiries to the Jade Force encampment had gone unanswered.Suddenly, in the midst of a discussion about the progress of the war, she had held up a hand, interrupting him. Now she stood there having a conversation on her radio essentially ignoring him. She spoke in a language he didn’t understand. He couldn’t tell by the expression on her face if she was receiving good news or bad.Pen Hopo finished her conversation, turned to him, and said, “The lion shall roar no more.”“What’s that mean?”.