" Dysea spoke softly, Martin turning to look at her. "Alliance politics are not what you are used too. There is always a struggle within their own ran...s to acquire more power. And if it comes at the cost of another, they do not care." There are two locations Marty, two klicks apart. Her parents are at one, and then a younger brother with a wife and child." Wallace spoke. "They are located in New Memphis; both locations are near the river. I'm sending you the exact data now. Deval's Raptor won't. Why do yours and Susan's coffee taste so much better?"Cherie tried to wiggle her eye brows but grimaced when she tried to move the left side of her face. "It's a woman thing," she mumbled, sounding odd by not moving her face when she talked and gave a weak smile."At least she has a sense of humor," Bill thought to himself."Mom showed me how to record the news on the short wave," Mary said. The statement sounded odd because it started out flat sounding and ended softly.Bill looked at the young. They had simply retrofitted a small office building with an airlock and filtration system and added some caulking to make the windows airtight. Near the airlock was a small intercom system and a camera. I pressed the call button and waited. After a few minutes had passed, I pressed it again, much longer this time. A few more minutes passed and I pressed it repeatedly. There was still no response. Just for the hell of it, I stepped over to the door and gave it a tug, almost falling over. Although the extra travel involved with staying at Sue’s place during school time was a little inconvenient- -she had to take me to school and pick me up–staying there in the summer was a real treat. Even though all of us still referred to it as “the farm,” it really wasn’t one anymore. Grandpa quit farming years ago, and now it was simply pasture land he leased out for grazing a few head of cattle. Sue had a little vegetable garden, but other than that it was just a lot of open space. For a.