The house retained its small rooms, open fires and twisting passages. Of course, that had made the installation of modern conveniences such as piped w...ter, gas lighting and heating a challenge and they still did not extend far into the house, but that was more of an inconvenience for the staff than it was for her.She had made one concession to modernity. The stables, although still holding the horses needed to run the estate, had been extended with a similarly styled block that held her pride. "demanded" might be a bit strong. The Archons aren't the bad guys.They are more like referees, charged with making sure we'd have a fairchance of keeping our planet under our own control.The species we actually race against for our planet are called theDar'ones, or just "the Dark Ones". And thanks to what the Archons showedus of what happens to planets they win, well, it didn't take much to getEarth on board in terms of doing whatever we could to prevent them havingour planet.And once. Her views were very much in the vein of peace and love to one and all. Gideon found this most refreshing. Generally the conversation he had heard from everyone else he had met always entailed some form of hatred, whether it be the Intruders, or other gangs or the way of life. But with Lucy it was all different, she was so appreciative of life and all it gave, Gideon was sure she helped speed up his own recovery with her mere attitude.Of course he knew what was happening. He knew he was slowly. A second later the door to the kitchen swung open. Oh you did not have to do that. I was just coming in here to clean. Thank you. Your very nice for such a young man. I appreciate it. she said. I closed the lid and walked over to the sink. I started some hot water. Here let me get those. You go sit down over there. she said. Samantha pointed to the kitchen table. I took a seat while she cleaned up a few dishes. She then grabbed some empty baby bottles to clean. Thanks! Would you something to.