I had hoped to top off my food supplies today, but civilization had fled sooner than I had expected.I finally reached the marina where everything was ...lmost other-worldly quiet. I had expected everyone to flee the city on their boats, and sure enough, many were missing. It seemed I was the last one to finally accept reality and get out of Dodge.Of course, I had no way to know whether the missing yachts had been taken by their rightful owners. I had prepared mine in a way to prolong my life. But already the moonlight was fading, day was beginning to break. The wraith, if that was what it was, put her finger to his lips, and slowly vanished...…… The day after the Rusalka performance was a deliberately restful day. To prepare for the next day's repeat performances—an abridged matinee and a full evening—the orchestra and lesser singers were called merely for an afternoon's 'corrections' of last night's more precarious moments. They were not in stage dress. Vanessa wore a. They'd done all right so far, had weathered every storm. The thought that he'd become surly and uncooperative scared her. He'd always been a loving boy. She couldn't bear the thought of him being angry and sullen all the time. And if he was that way, she knew he could get out of control.The idea she had to preserve the status quo, so to speak, was insane. If anyone ever found out about it, it her whole world would suffer horribly. But there was a good chance nobody ever would, and if she could. This was also the single most important thing she had ever done. They were attempting to change a world.'You may fire when ready, Chief, ' Béla informed the Bridge Officer.She began to chant louder.'Firing in five seconds! Four! Three! Two!''Are you ready, Darling?' Béla asked her sister again, unnecessarily.Elaine was ready and had never felt this special sharpness in her mind before. They both concentrated on the project in the carrier as it set down behind the goddess' manor, several.