Bent over the horse, all he could see of Erica was her booted feet as she stood feet apart square in front of him. "Good," he heard Erica say. "That w...s quite efficiently done. The straps look tight enough. You might like to let the slave wait a little before securing him, though. It never hurts to let them build up a sense of anticipation. Slow heightens the sense of fear, I find. Now you won't have a device like this..." Well not at first," Allison laughed."But you can achieve much the same. He recounted stories of how he had grenades strapped to his body, so if he was shot he’d make a big “impression” so the next soldier would have some place to avoid enemy fire. Even at this, my grandfather did not complain. If he was killed serving the United States, he had died honorably. Just prior to the Normandy Invasion, he had served in North Africa. Out of his battalion, only 14 of the original 200+ survived. He never really told a lot of stories about the war, but when he did you would. I wore a nice dress. Since it was a cold day, i bundled up in that long white overcoat. Artemis came out of her bedroom wearing an almost identical outfit - or so i thought. Well, i couldn't see exactly what she was wearing under her overcoat.We arrived at her church just as the service was beginning. Artemis motioned for me to follow her up a flight of stairs that lead to a balcony overlooking the pews. We were alone up there and we reverently joined in the singing of the divine liturgy. About. 'But what about Amanda?' She thought.'She will sense the strength in her sister and profit from it; she is too young for the main training but will benefit from a small taste.' The unknown voice said and somehow she knew it was true.She passed the forms to Baxter who, after raising his eyebrows, passed it on to the Project liaison officer.She was surprised when she received a phone call from Diana, "I've thought about what you said, I'm still not sure about you people, but from what I've read.