I’ve always found you to be the one to test limits. Is that what happened now?”“Last night, we spotted the ships you arrived upon,” Julia said... frowning at her sister’s assessment. “We were ... concerned that it might be pirates or an enemy force. The spire was closed because ... because Joseph knew what he’d find there and wasn’t prepared to face it. Your arrival forced him to confront something before he was ready. We ... we spent a very nice afternoon with him yesterday. We talked about .... " Get some sleep." I can't, there has to be some way to defend Mylia. We are at the end of the war, and my adopted planet will be destroyed at the eleventh hour."Aesia propped her head on her elbow and regarded him. "Why not use the active AI's to transport you to the fleet you dispatched. At least you will be doing something and the fleet might just get there in time. After all, they will be better off with your leadership." That's it! Aesia you are a genius." He kissed her. "You go back to. " I snapped."Do you hate them as much as you hate me?" she asked."No... no... I don't hate them. I thought you had turned them against me though. You were really out in outer space and I had no idea what you told them but they seemed to think it was all my fault and I just said "fuck it" and quit bothering them." I never turned them against you. You were so angry they couldn't talk to you. You actually frightened Kirsten. She was afraid you were going to do something violent. And Beverly; she. Easy. I had done it a bazillion times before, but tonight what started as a normal errand become something far more sinister&hellip, Grabbing my purse and the keys, I fly out the back door and head threw the garage. The garage door is electric and I stop to wait, just a minute, for the door to rise before I can slip underneath and to my waiting car. My alarm button on my key ring refuses to unlock the door. This is nothing new, I have had this problem before, and I simply use the key to unlock.