I think it is time that Mistress Laney and teddybear... and you... joined The Society.”“You also need to have a heart to heart talk with me,” a ...leasant voice said from the aisle. Tat was standing there looking down at both of us.“I will call you at your hotel after we get to London,” she continued. “I want to thank you personally for rescuing me.”“That really isn’t necessary,” I said quietly.“And it wasn’t necessary that you treated me with respect at Finn’s club,” she replied. “Nor was it. How do you think I am?’ ‘What?’ He truly didn’t hear what she had just said. He stopped listening to her when she started yelling at him. With both afflicted with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and each one handling their emotional condition differently, she was filled with rage. He just had to scratch the surface with her for her hair to stand up on her back. Perfect for one another as both of them played that troubled game, as soon as she raised her voice to him, he tuned her out. ‘I don’t. So what did you tell her?" I pretended that I was talking about taking her somewhere for dinner later in the afternoon. I turned my inquiry into a proposal that we go out together -- without you -- on Sunday evening." So you covered for me?" What else could I do? Yes, I pretended you'd invited me to the chamber music thing, and that I had accepted." Is she going out with you, after?" Nope. Loyal to her sweet little daughter. Even though she knows you're out to get me." She's not too happy about. This was normally the most orderly and clean area on the entire base, but not this morning. Parachutes were strewn randomly around on the floor.Even looking at them from a distance, it was clear that not a single parachute had been packed properly. There were bits of parachute fabric sticking out from the tight confines of the canvas packs.Sword Miquel stood in front of the soldiers. “Gentlemen, we jump in two hours. Get to work.”He walked off to the side to watch. One of the soldiers went over.