” Sandrine gave me a smack on the back of my head. “Watch, numb nuts,” she said and indicated the screen where a replay was up. “See the other...guy on the left?” “Yeah.” “See how far the goalie is out of the crease?” “Crease?” “Never mind, douchebag. Now see the other guy on the left?” “Oh, yeah,” I said, the dawn finally breaking. “If he’d just passed the puck over to that guy he would have had an easy shot.” “That’s right. And I’d be gettin’ ready to strip down and have Danielle tell me how to. From the little sounds coming from it, Vennoa could tell that it contained some coins.The woman continued, “This is all we can afford, but it should be enough to get you to Tensia. From there, my high priestess will be able to tell you more.”Vennoa asked, “So you think we’ll just go to who-knows-where, based on what you’re saying and that small amount of coins?”“Look, Ven,” Tempest stated. He had come up with that nickname, and Vennoa hated it. She had told him as much, but he just ignored her. 30 as usual. Indeed she promised faithfully to phone.“That call never came, but at midnight, on Friday night mind, remember that, she phoned to say she was at your place and hadn’t been able to phone because the train was delayed three hours. She was phoning from a phone box, Derek.”“But she didn’t–”“She didn’t get to you until Saturday afternoon. She deliberately lied to me. The phone box was a giveaway even if you hadn’t phoned about what she’d left behind. You’ve got a phone. That’s all. Even before the invaders with their iron weapons and shields that locked together to form the shell of a turtle came from the south and conquered Britain before invading the green isle. It was the invaders with their turtle shells who took the practices of Dark Night back to their homeland. But the calendars of Rome and the calendars of the green isle were not the same. And the Romans didn’t recognize the purpose or power of Dark Night. So they lit their fires and celebrated with dance and.