You said you were certified and didn't need us. How's your cellphone doing?" He shook his head negatively. "Remember that backup location and radio se...up that I tried to get you to join?" He nodded slowly. "The amateurs put it up and mounted the antennas and power. You refused to pay for any of the costs or to help. You wouldn't allow any radios for your uses to be placed there or here. That setup is working and they run it for me." He nodded slowly. Charles smiled. "To get any help at all, you. Me too. Where?" "I was a Wal-Mart checkout lady!" "I thought Wal-Mart employees had to weigh at least 300 pounds to qualify for that position." Andrea chuckled. "No, but it helps! Actually, for the past two weeks I've been living on campus, working with the Earn and Learn program." "Is that the deal where they pay you to tutor underprivileged kids and then write a paper about it for credit?" "Uh-huh. It was actually pretty neat. I was a little intimidated at first because I've. It one of two Blind Pig stories that I've written.(*Anne-Mal) How do you feel about collaborations?(Bill Hart) Collaborations can be a touchy subject. It depends on all the people involved to get finished and tempers can rise quickly and egos bruised.(Mindy) :)(Bashful) That's doesn't happen does it Mindy? :)(Mindy) Nope, what are there 9 of us on that story!(Bashful) 13! Oooweeeoooo!(Bill Hart) I sat on the completed SRU/AF story for over a month, before posting. And the "Checkmate" story I. Something...”He heard it too, rustling branches, coming from somewhere in the tall trees above them. They hadn’t seen any sign of birds so far, could it be some tree-dwelling native animal? Bugs didn’t climb trees as far as he knew, but these were about two hundred feet tall, there could be a whole ecosystem in those branches that they might not have seen from the ground. He flipped down his helmet’s visor, switching from night vision to infrared, scanning for any signs of life.“There’s.