He knew he didn’t have a replacement with him. That one was definitely longer than any of the spares he carried. He tugged at the cable on the floor...and was pleased to find there was enough slack in the floor ducting to still reach if he cut off the broken section. All he had to do was to put a new connector on the end. That would take something over half an hour, being a very fiddly job, but it would be a lot quicker than a return trip to the workshop. He’d have to bend his tall frame low,. Anna looked up as she heard a chain lowering from the darkness above. The man hooked the chain in his hand to the chain from the ceiling and it began to retract pulling her arms up over her head. The soldier entered the room once more and brought the man in the suit two leg restraints and again he left. ‘Spread your legs,’ he said. As Anna complied he knealt down and attached a restraint to her right leg. He attached the leg restraint to a think metal ring protruding from the floor with a six. " Sara laughed and Roger returned to the ironing. He was busyironing when he saw a flash. It was Sara taking another picture.Roger finished the ironing and put all the clothes away. Sara said, "The lawn needs mowing. You better get it mowed." Roger said, "I'm the wife, remember. Maybe you better do it." Sara said, "You know I'm not good at that. I'll tell you what,I'll untie the corset and you can take it off while you mow thelawn. How does that sound?" Roger said it sounded OK. They went. ”“Indeed, Mage Morgana as head of the Enforcement Office could simply have requested Pyotr’s release via me and my office of Senex veneficus penitus orbis,” Simon confirmed.“For the release of thirteen women from the clutches of the Coalition I’m prepared to put aside my grievances for now,” Mage Gudrun spoke up.“Well said,” murmured Mage Julia who was standing next to me.“However you should not presume on my patience forever,” Gudrun added getting nods off a few of the Mages present.“So noted.