”Deke remarked, “I can’t imagine there would be that much difference. It must be in the draw strength.”“It was. I was told one of the men wh... tried to use it said it’s four to five times harder to pull than their bows. Jason said he really had to work to build up his muscles in order to shoot it.”Changing the subject Julian said, “Now, we’ve strayed too far off the subject. Dennis, can you start on the paperwork on the trust and the off-shore accounts? Deke, you’ve an appointment with Benson. As everyone looked at the four warriors lying on the ground where they fell, unmoving, I turned back to the old men, connecting to everyone that they all might hear my words.“Are the old men of Tapato so foolish as to challenge the gods with your pitiful games? Were you not warned? Have you not waited for more than three hundred years for my return? And when I do, you would endeavor to treat me with so little respect?” I asked them.Most of the men were not well educated and became alarmed when. ’ Jamie rose and picked up her tablet. Without any further conversation she started for the doorway. As Jamie left, Mark was concerned. She hadn’t told him about an appointment earlier and the looks on her face while she was on the tablet worried him. He figured she would tell him sooner or later, so he brushed concern aside. Mark showered, dressed and headed for town. He would get some breakfast at the diner. As he left the diner and headed for the office supply store, he passed a clothing. He moved steadily towards her. She involuntarily took a step back and felt her back press against the door. "If you really wanted to end it," he asked, "why are you dressed as I requested?" "I'm not," she said, her voice trembling slightly. "Really?" he murmured as he stepped closer. She shook her head no as he stopped right in front of her. "I believe," he drawled as his eyes slid over her body, "That my instructions were a button up blouse, an above the knee skirt, at least three inch peep.