”“Maria, maybe we could at least wait a while…”She laughed. “Tonight at 7,” she said and hung up.I answered the d...or, right after supper. I said hi to her, but she justlooked at me with this little knowing smile and winked. Then she walkedinto the living room where Ben was sitting. Then she just stood there,looking at him. She had an expectant look about her but not a trace of asmile. He looked up and said “Hi Maria.” She still just stood. ”While she went to replace the boards and a tarp that obscured the entrance, Mindblind took in his surroundings. She had a couple of wooden boxes for storage, what looked like a fairly comfortable sleeping pallet on the floor, and a curious red stone sitting in what looked like a firepit, though it was obvious that no fire had ever burned there.“It’s magic,” Raven explained when she returned. “Pinched it from some wizard. He was nice enough to have left instructions with the lot of them. I’ve. The two hundred-acre farm with the barn and stables attached would be the perfect location.She had already given notice to the law firm that she was quitting her job as a legal secretary. She had her fill of those old shysters and all their sexual innuendo. With her Aunt Sandy's inheritance, she could do something that she loved. Teach kids how to ride and care for a horse."Now, I've got to see your barn and the stables," Teresa announced dramatically.Bobby smiled at her contagious enthusiasm. Ku radar is short-range, as atmospheric dust and moisture quickly block the signal. There is no Earthly reason I knew of for a plane to have a radar in that band. But I'd read that satellites used that band for command and control links with UAVs, in large part because those frequencies attenuate so quickly at lower altitudes so won't leak sideways very far. I detected the Ku-band radiation very infrequently, but its being so unusual and related to UAVs made me cautious. (Stealth UAVs have Low.