”They pull into the parking lot of a motorcycle shop.“What are we doing here?” the boy asks.“Have you ever ridden one?” Candace asks. He sha...kes his head. “Well, I have a few times. My husband liked to take excursions into the city. This was back when he was still nice and adventurous. He’d take me and he showed me how to ride.”“I’m surprised he was ever so nice,” he comments.They go inside and Luke learns that they not only sell motorcycles, but they rent them.“Here, put this on and climb on,”. " She listened some more and laughed. "I know. It's funny now but it sure wasn't then. Anyway, he's a good student and a nice guy. It's only for the evening unless both of you want it to be more." She listened. "Trust me, you'll like it." More pause and then, "Okay, see you then. Bye!"She said, "Oh, Mel! Could you come in here?"Mel came in. "What do you want, sis?" I have had a couple of thoughts. Eric is still looking for a job, isn't he?" Of course, he hasn't had much time." I'm thinking. "And I am definitely pleased, although thoroughly astounded, by _your_ sudden display of thoughtfulness on these matters." Jedina winced at her mother's oblique criticism. "I've arranged, through Xoltin of course, to have the priest give us a small practical demonstration of the power of the Zaltora Amulet, although everyone here constantly refers to it as the Medal of Czermanos. But then, its name is not overly important. I would imagine, it. There were people on the beach as I buzzed over it and from the reaction that I spotted in my targeting cameras, the people weren't happy. I didn't really care if they were or they weren't. At that exact moment I was arming two air-to-surface missiles and I let loose with them the moment I got lock-on the warehouse. A second later the place was gone.My Sparrow Hawk zipped by the estate and I was a mile past it when I brought my bird back around for a second pass. As I did, I armed two more.