.. so sorry...”“No, it’s good,” she responded and pulled herself back into him. “Let’s keep connecting. You’re doing just fantastic, thi... is brilliant, you’re really getting into it.”Tom renewed his embrace of Julie and began dropping all conscious thoughts to concentrate on his meditative breathing as he tried feeling for her energies. Soon he was again drifting in a sea of psychic sensations and as he drifted, he again became aware of what seemed to be other presences in the room. The. ”“Thank you, sweetheart. Okay, let’s go.”I must say the look on the receptionist’s face when I came in at around three in the morning was one I wouldn’t mind having a picture of. He was the same guy who had checked me in.“Good evening, Mr ... Carstairs. How was your evening?”“Eventful. I was taken out to the desert and questioned, and then they made me walk home. Fortunately a kind lorry driver brought me back here, so I’m none the worse for wear.”“Ah, yes,” he whispered, even though we were. ”He was not alone, there was his brother Kooornt, the one buying ships. Besides six armed guards, there also was a tall half Shiss, that could not hide his nervousness.The six guards were in a similar state of nervousness, despite their battle armor and Karthanian weapons, but then this was a corridor, and my companions created an imposing, fear-inducing presence.I greeted the group of men.“Is business so bad, that you have to collect the mooring fee right here?”I snapped my gloved fingers.. Shirley’s were not quite as subtle as those from Cheryl and Nora, but all of them sent tingles through Tanya. She wanted them to continue, so she focused on encouraging the desire in all of them. Not overwhelmingly, Tanya wanted to add just a little fuel to the fire to see what it would do.Both Nora and Cheryl seemed happy to spend time chatting with Shirley and Tanya. Cheryl talked about the group she worked with and asked if Tanya had any thoughts about it. Tanya admitted that she had not.