" Not in your universe it won't, no," agreed Cassandra, clinking herglass against mine. "Fortunately, we have an alternative. The Empire isdead. Long ...ive the Empire!" Long live the Empire!" I said, throwing back my champagne thengrinning.The future of this Earth would be glorious! " " " " " " " " " " The End? " " " " " " " " " "Notes:Given the lack of interest I very much doubt I'll ever write any more ofthese.. I hated ta give up the nine shots an' the shotgun, but, right then, I decided ta swap my LeMats fer them Starr DA pistols an' their fast shootin.We found $378 in their money belts, soz we had struck it rich with these galoots. We stripped off their clothes soz they couldn't be identified afore I hauled them away in my wagon ta drop their corpses in a gully on the backside of nowhere.I took two of the pistols fer my personal use an' added the rest ta the gun rack. These eight pistols wuz almost. ”“You dream about me every night?” she asked, amazement in her voice.He looked at her fearfully, and nodded fractionally. “J-j-just like Luthor said,” he moaned.“Skinny Dipping?” she asked.“Uh huh,” he admitted trying to jerk his wrist out of her grasp. She held on tight.“It’s OK,” she said.“Really?” The hope in his eyes shone like the sun. “You’re not mad?”“If I tell you something, you have to swear you won’t ever tell anybody ever!” she said, her voice lowering conspiratorially. She looked at. . It's very touching."Mark sighed, not saying anything for a moment and then changing the subject. "We saw you and Kalea on the evening news last night, a video of the gravity experiment. Congratulations!" Thanks! It's a big deal. It raises the limit for the gravity generators, on Earth and Aina, to a maximum range of 413 to 420 kilometers. Our first priority is to get the improvements into the satellite grids. The increase in stability also creates a maximum limit on Mahina of 197 to 203.