“That’s true enough,” Verenestra acceded. “She’s far safer amongst the Dökkálfar.”“We’ll be standing down most of our people and sen...ing them home,” Roxanne stated. “Those that remain will be here to help the Yr’ch or with the Outer Realms. We’ll close the link to Loegrian space and people will be able, if necessary, to portal in directly.”“I suggest that we only allow them to use a portal in somewhere like Jingol. We don’t want the location here known generally, as yet,” Simon replied.“Aye,. Joyce felt lost, confused and scared, to put it bluntly Joyce felt more alone than she ever had in her entire life. Joyce’s face betrayed a commotion of her every emotion as all her inner world collapsed into a vacuum of emptiness, a giant black void of nothingness swallowing her happiness with the ease of a giant Anaconda swallowing a baby lamb. Like an animal terrified for her very existence by an oncoming fire Joyce turned and ran slamming the apartment door as she went. No fall from grace. It worked like a charm, and I was still unmolested when Brad and Linda arrived and refused to speak with anyone until they spoke with me privately.We met in the pilots lounge and they cut straight to the chase. “Carl, I’m Brad Childers and this is my partner, Linda Harrelson. We were hired to look after your interests while the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration investigate the circumstances of this incident.”We talked in very general terms and then very. ” A couple of Dave’s traits were compassion, empathy, & humor. It worked. She laughed a little & threw her arms around him & said “Oh fuck, I need a hug, no, I need a lot of hugs” They sat on the couch, Dave sitting with Bobbie curled up tucked into him, his arms wrapped around her. He stroked her hair & her back, holding her, trying to soothe her. For years he had a thing for her. He was just too nice of a guy to take advantage of her emotional state tonight. Which didn’t stop him from.