He carefully sets out tea serving for the three of us."Could we have some bread and jam too?" I ask sweetly.Although is has been dark out for a good c...ouple of hours, it is not late, but our diner was sometime ago. I know I am hungry again, even if they are not.Saul snorts between pouring the water to steep. Nimrod laughs out loud at my request as he makes his way over to the table."That sounds like a lovely idea," for all his humor at idea, Nimrod looks just as hungry as me."You and your sweet. They unpacked a few things and then joined me, sitting together on the couch perpendicular to mine. I asked them if they were hungry after their trip, but they told me they had already eaten a sandwich on the train. My daughter and I chatted for a while. I asked her how things were going in her last year of school, and if she knew what she wanted to do next. She had just turned 18 and had done fairly well for herself, but still had no solid ideas of what she wanted out of life. I wasn’t. We had not been talking of war, killing or hunting so they could talk. Most of the questions were directed at me. I talked again about my model plane and Horatius Postuma. This brought me into sports."You may not know it but Horatius and I are going to fight."This got the men interested. "The gods play games and some of them have a ball that is moved one way or another. I am going to get some Frisians and then play his team. The Alemmani can play too."I would like to have every Roman province. I demand to know. You must tell me and the greater circle. If you do not tell me, I shall demand retribution from you. Now speak, my so-called sister. I'm waiting." Did she say priest? I must have misheard her.Mira nodded her head toward the other women. In a flash, Helen and Megan had pinned my arms behind me and held me immobile. The two women were partners. They owned a health club and looked like they spent every waking hour working out. They were incredibly strong and they were hurting me..