She screwed her pretty face up in thought - clearly thrown by my lack of concern.I knew what it had to look like from her perspective; Emily was weari...ng a rumpled dress that looked very out of place in the light of the day. To anyone seeing her exiting a house not her own, the logical assumption would be that the person in question had spent the night. The thing Kara was wrestling with though was that Emily had been exiting her own house.“Is - is mom home?” Kara asked, trying to be. The central government still controls electric power, though there is coal and steam power to survive, civilians can only experience it nowadays if you work in the towers. Shortly after birth everyone is implanted with a digital chip, usually in ones forearm that contains a person’s family wealth amongst other details within, doing away with tangible currency. Presley’s mind starts to wander once more, the holding book little interest but the memory it carries, one of her as a young girl, maybe. "Ah!" said Mme de Veuvray. "There are many things to learn. First! Do not try to walk as a man. You are striding out too far and over-reaching the step. Next! You must try to walk without your heels touching the ground. The high heels are there as a reminder to walk on the toes. Next! Keep the knees slightly bent but the back straight. Walk on the line as if on a rope: at each step the toe must touch the line. Next! You must look straight ahead, with your hands clasped behind your back. This. ”“Yes, sir.”“The Florvens have sent word that they are sending a flotilla of their missile carrying Cruisers, though expect to be late to the battle,” the Comm Officer reported.“Acknowledge with thanks,” Clessik replied.“Ask the Hegemony ships to emerge to the back of the alien formation,” Clessik ordered after studying the alien fleet dispositions in the tri-dee tank. “They are to attempt to close with the larger vessel hanging back,” he pointed out.“Will they be OK?” Gollant asked. “Those are.