The asteroid had struck the ground. Doug announced, "That's all there will be to see for some time, but there may be a loud noise in about 2½-3 hours...and the ground will shake. That was the event that the spirits forecast, and the cold will start in a few months. We probably have time for at least one more trip for iron, copper, and tin before the weather becomes too bad."About two hours later, the ground began to shake and a few things fell off of shelves, but it was not really a very bad. George brought the evening to a close by observing, "Mayor Fredrick has scheduled judgment on our erstwhile pirates for 9 AM. I suggest we retire until then." Cameron and the others not staying at George's house took their leave of their hostess and headed out. Captain Jones had come in his own carriage and provided transportation for Captain Smith and Cameron. At the Blue Bull Cameron went to his room and, quite literally, crashed, as he was barely able to get his clothes off before collapsing. Tai said slowly. Tai slowly turned to Sora and the monster she had become. He looked deep behind her dark eyes and saw a glimmer of light. He marched over to her with his heart filled with determination. Let her go. He stated firmly. What do you mean? Sora asked I know that the good Sora is still in there now let her go! You are too late boy she is gone forever. You said that we all have light and darkness in us and if thats the case then she still has a bit of light left. She just needs to. It was lucky she could carry little Brenda to full term, which would have been in three more days. We can see the baby in another little while."Tears were now falling from all of us. Pat was having trouble maintaining his balance so we helped him inside. A nurse came out and had questions about what to do with Brenda's remains. When that was finished, she said for us to go up to the nursery. There were only two babies in the nursery. The nurse there held up the largest infant for us to view..