” “Ray, I don’t know who you think you’re going to use that ticket on, but it isn’t me. You can go to the freak nasty mansion alone.” Jane...had her own reasons for not wanting to go to The Zodiac tonight, but it wasn’t the reasons he was thinking. As she tried to think of how to get him to stay home, he stepped in front of her, almost dizzying her with his sexiness. “Is that your final answer?” he asked, arms still folded and looking as though he wanted to start tapping his foot in exasperation.. DDD had indeed been paranoid. His Admiral's Barge was hypercapable and had Renmark power plant equipment fitted. Some bright person in an architect's office had noticed the advertisements in prewar brochures for small fission piles and i/cs from Renmark and made a few enquiries of the agents on Old Earth. Yes, there were two on hand; no they had never been fired up; no one knew how, no one had ever expressed an interest, fission piles frightened everyone and yes you can have them at cost. So. We should be more than ready though I am not liking having five ships out of commission.” Hartwell said a worried look on his face.“We won a great victory today, though we lost also. We need to get this over with as soon as possible. Both sides need to grieve, before we go after those damn insects, I want them to pay, pay like never before.” Derrick said, the anger edging his voice, his hands clenched.It was taking all Emperor Kandra and the crew could do to keep the princess Difina from. After Steve and Val left Joel turned to Taylor and said, “I am sorry we were talking business but it is nice to hear what is going on. Since that now is over tell me a little about yourself.”“There isn’t that much to say. I graduated UCLA with an accounting degree and passed the CPA exam. I went to work at the Wilkinsing foundation and when this specific division of the foundation became a reality Troy Kane recommended me to Val as someone who was familiar with the foundation’s accounting.