The three of them let out a breath they seemed to have been holding since Nelson's arrival."Wow," Sandra said."That was pretty cool," Richard said."Ye...h. Towards the end there, I felt like we were actually playing music," Emily said."Well, it is, isn't it?" Richard said, smiling as he thought back to Dobra's comment earlier.Sandra smiled too. She had been touched when Richard had told her earlier how much that little comment 'Think of it as music' had helped him. It was ironic that their. They did kill a few of their priests and nobles but most fled. They have not pulled down their temple, but there are no more sacrifices there."He looked at Tuck, Judy and Tanda Havra. "Now, some of the High King's secrets. Here," he put his finger down along the eastern coast line of what had once been the God-King's lands, "I am going to build a major strong point. My scholars have been working on improving the sorts of ships that sail on the sea. Some of the new ships will be warships that. . ?" If we win, we sew up the district championship." And if you lose?" We won't, but we'd still be in good shape. Lake has the best win-loss record in the district next to us. If they win and then win their next three games and we lose to Lake and our last three games we'd be tied and there'd be a playoff game. If they lose even one of their last four games or we win, then we can't be caught." Last year you won district and then lost in the first round of the state play-offs," he reminded. "Oh and these are thirty-six and my hips are down to thirty-five thanks to chasing little kids, waist's usually about twenty-five." He scurried away and the fawning man led her to a chair and two young women appeared and washed her hair and did her finger and toenails.When they were done, Vixen's hair was a rich auburn streaked with gold and very fluffy, turned under and curling about her ears and cheeks. Wilkins collected her with a big bag in his hand and hurried her to the elevator. "You.