Being careful you understand?"More nods, this time certainly.Orville took Charles with him as he moved about the power plant physically checking the g...uges and settings confirming the readouts on the main engine console screens. When all checked out, Orville moved back to the main console and brought power from the auxillary and began drawing the rods from the piles. The power gauges started to come up and were monitored by the watchers. After several hours, Orville pronounced himself. They held those beliefs long before the Ghouls harvested them. You cannot reason with them and as soon as they achieve reliable star drives, they will become ruthless predators. I would caution you against compassion as it could kill you and would advise a broader area clearing than the minimum I have defined. Sire, they can contaminate and damage your fleet with dirty nuclear weapons. You will have to get to the ground as the ship will be beneath the surface and you may die getting close to. ..are you actually pregnant?"She tilted her head. "No, dummy, I'm a demon. That was a fake egg, though it did a pretty good job fooling your sperm. Aaaand...I just absorbed it all. We demons create death, not life."---Dianna sat in the police lab, fidgeting. She still hadn't figured out whose blood was on her robe and living room floor (and in her mouth!), but she had cleaned it up with bleach and disposed of the robe nevertheless. The only thing that seemed to make sense was that someone had. Though I was shocked that Tommy liked the baby talk and references. I figured I was alone in that respect. But, he ate it up.“Cully, he needs it, honey.” She’d told me.“I have to mother him and baby him. So, don’t ever judge him, boy. Please. It would just break his heart if you did. He needs to trust both of us. It’s part of guarding and protecting him, Cully. Understand?”Made sense. But, it did beg the question as to why she babied me.And I never said a word, or, made a judgment during the.