" Evidently, there's not much need for passenger travel by rail," Vicky quipped from her comfortable bed of fresh hay that took up the rear half of th...e car."Well, the first thing you learn in advertising is to 'Create a Need'," Ric grinned. "We could build an amusement park and advertise special transportation by paintin' up a bunch of rail cars and puttin' seats in them!" But, darling," Vicky countered, "there are parks all over New Eden, with talent contests, gaming booths, exotic food,. It’s very dark now, as the light waves and photons are now much to big to make any impression on you, but still you sense your surroundings. Beyond the range of anything man has seen before, your journey has not ended yet. Streaks of what can only be electrons in the very atoms around you seem to you as lightning bolts, dancing around the house-sized nuclei. As you continue, smaller and smaller streaks become visible to you. They must be the higher levels of radiation – radio signals, wireless. "She breathed deeply and took both of his hands, "You were the only man in my life that I couldn't have right when I wanted him. Even you don't know how spoiled I was." You've obviously grown up now." He leered, "Rather nicely, I would say." Dammit, why do you make me blush when you say things like that. I've heard it all my life." She put her head in her hands. "I realized when my mother died that I had to assume some of her volunteer duties. So, I gradually became more involved in those. Brad started with surprise as his mobile phone gave its shrill call and he picked it up off the kitchen cupboard where he had placed it. He answered it curtly and listened with a frown as his boss spoke quickly. He answered affirmatively before hanging up and looking at ‘Tanaya. ‘That was Hank. He’s a member of the State Emergency Service. The SES is getting a lot of calls and expects more. Houses have lost their roofs, trees down across roads. I’ll check everything is okay outside and then I’m.