There was a ring at the front doorbell and Connie the housekeeper came from the kitchen to answer it. As soon as she started opening the door, she was...bodily brushed back as five huge Marines in battle armor and wielding dangerous-looking weapons swept into the house.Before they even acknowledged our presence, two checked the ground floor rooms for any targets, two checked upstairs. When the last Marine announced, “Clear!” The squad leader turned to me.“Lieutenant, are there any more legitimate. "Gabrielle and the AI in the shuttle, whom we also call Merlin, have destroyed – or are destroying – the asteroids that were hurled at Yerowl, and that threat is no more or will be no more soon."I know that these threats were not visible – or perceivable – to the hexapumas of Yerowl, but I hope that Shakespeare's and Krayshall's memories of these horrific events will allow you to see them for yourselves. We also have vids of everything, should you want to see them with your eyes."We shall be. We discussed it and decided to pay my attorney a visit the next day. I was shocked that they would consider a near death experience an inconvenience. I was fuming mad at them and it was going to take a lot to calm me down. I called my attorney's office and set up a meeting for the next morning.We arrived at the office promptly and got ushered right in. I showed him the letter and check and he had a good laugh. He told me to let him start applying pressure to those tightwads and see what shakes. The other team called time, and Buck fairly danced into the huddle. "I ain't never been doubled before!" he chortled.The coach talked about defense in the huddle. "We're keeping up with them, but we can't score like this all night. We have to stop them some time," he said sternly - and correctly. A few defensive adjustments were discussed.Cal was not really surprised when the defender who had started against him was replaced by a 'shirt' - a player who had the quickness to stay very close and.