"Atheria bowed before the king, her face remaining cool and impassive."Gianna, daughter of Kathia, of the farming village of Burcel."Gianna curtsied a...kwardly, trying to immitate the way Tasmine had done so. When she straightened again, her face was burning red. But the king smiled kindly at her and nodded his appreciation at her effort."Lucas King, who will be the center of much of our discussion today. He hails from a place called Earth, but there have been theories raised that he was born. We are both girls, after all. Come on, sweetheart. The damage is already done. You have no secrets now. Come on, open up. Let me see what you've done to yourself." Mom, no!" Judy! Open your legs, this instant. I tried being nice; now I am telling you--spread your legs."She was dead serious. I gulped, then rolled onto my back and slowly stretched out my legs. Mom pushed my skirt back as I grimaced. For what seemed an eternity, she stared without a word. Oddly, having her eyes on my most intimate. It was easily enough to collapse the walls and we got lucky as one part of the gate had been smashed off its hinges. Arch, flanked by Jemima, launched his team forward, firing from the hip into the gap. The Drow poured out to try and hold it. Róisín, with her shotgun, charged forward at the head of my Team as I drew my rapier and cutlass to help pile into what was fast becoming a melee. Morgana held the other two teams back but urged the Gorgons forward along with Jacob and Adok, but held the. As I had feared back at the other complex the pollutants in the atmosphere were playing havoc with my engines. Richards' people had tried to install protective filters and screens over my engines air intakes but there was only so much they were able to do without impeding the operation of the Sparrow Hawk. Adding to the overall problem was visibility. The atmosphere looked like pea soup and I couldn't see a thing. My only real hope was that I could keep the bird up long enough to make it to the.