Neral couldn’t confront them directly, however. It was bad form and, given her official position it could be considered an act of war, though there ...ould be great debate over which of these would be the greater error: triggering a war or violating the largely unwritten but universally understood rules of House politics. But she didn’t have to like it. ‘Did she leave already?’ ‘Downstairs.’ She downed the rest of the glass and blew outward as the fire scorched her insides. Setting the heavy. His fall from grace was not a pretty sight to behold.Then he screwed up his face and said with venom, “I’ll kill those fucking faeries, every last one of them. They took my box away from me.” Lee watched as many emotions went over the old wizard’s face. “What did I ever do to them?” he screamed in abject frustration.“You betrayed them, Jahn. You didn’t protect the people, so the boxes were denied to you. I am still amazed the mage box accepted you and that it hasn’t since deserted you.”Jahn. To everyone's shock, a heavy barrage of particle beams struck the battleship. The light show was intense."Battleship reports sustaining heavy fire. Shields down to sixty percent."The battleship fired all six of its phaser banks at the mother ship. The hits had an affect, but didn't kill the mother ship.The Gray mother ship rocked under the assault. One of the bridge crew was even thrown to the ceiling when artificial gravity failed for a moment. He splattered there like a fly swatted onto a. She was flattered by his comment — he hadn’t expected that. He was struggling to think of something else to say to keep the banter alive. ‘So, do you live nearby?’ he tried. ‘Yes … just a few blocks up the road. I have a small apartment I share with another girl. We don’t make much at the store, so we have to be careful with our money.’ She was being quite open and he was surprised. ‘Do you live in the neighborhood?’ she asked. ‘Yah … you could say that,’ he laughed. ‘I have an apartment.