Alatem sighed as always she knew he was right though what she'd tell her father she wasn't sure.Pouring over the schematics Charles finally found wher... the human sounding Ally was, problem was there were so many safeguards, firewalls, inner security, and hidden traps to break the loop, Charles wasn't sure he could do it all without Ally. 3 more hours of work had gotten him through all the firewalls, past all the safe guards, almost all the inner security was deactivated now to get past the. ”“Do you want to live in the dark, Toma? I don’t.”“Well, some of them seemed to be going into the dark every so often, and fetch things back. Someone must live back there, and look after their stuff for them.” John interrupted, tiredly, “Lads, this is not getting the digging done. Can we leave off the chat until it is time for a break?” Glumly, they did as he asked. John thought about himself and his two workers and told them a story.“I once was hidden in a trench, watching what the enemy were. Fuck off."I began to get up from the sofa and rush out before getting anymoreverbal abuse but Trish stopped me."Wait, stay put a second James. I just want to calm my girls down a bitand talk to them. Would you give us 5 minutes?" Yes of course," I said and they all walked out into the hallway. Icouldn't hear anything they said so I said twiddling my thumbs andadmiring the nice living room and kitchen that they had. I soon grewnervous as 5 minutes grew to 10 and then 15 and was convinced that. " I think you'd still be gentler."She smiled warmly and touched his cheek. "Hope so. Goodnight, Mr Richards. I'll take the ointment with me and do you at the kitchen table when you come down for breakfast." Goodnight, Wendy, and thanks. Sleep well."She slipped out of the room. Tim lay down and put out his bedside light. He stayed like that for a few minutes thinking how sweet and gentle Wendy had been and how fortunate he was to have found her."Jane darling," he thought. "I need to talk to you.