" That is why we met little or no opposition our entire way here," Atheria said. "You needed us alive." For the most part, yes," Dred replied. "Except... when you met with Altholos, I did not want a sorcerer of his power joining with you. And besides, I did not want him alive to participate in a spell to cast Valashan back. So I instructed the creatures that lay siege to his tower to kill him. I also had no use for the dwarf who was with you, so when the opportunity arose to kill him as well, I. Keeping on attacking will do nothing but open us up to exposure. We should just let Reggie alone and go on with our work. Sooner or later, Reggie will give up and come after us when we attack again. Then we can get her." It was the consensus that they needed to just move on. Reggie Starr was outside their reach for the moment.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a few days of nothing going on, we figured out that nabbing the button. No hassles, no begging, and NOOO Haircut!!! I think I was doing a little dance – and maybe in a trance -- when the phone rang, scaring the crap of me. I picked it up on ring #3, answered professionally, and found Mary at the other end ... She asked if we could talk, and informed that she had just called Bev to see if I was alone/still at the house this morning. Stretching the cord to the max, I plopped in the recliner like a King, and said... "Damn, what about yesterday?" ... I got a "mmmm". We didn't want to do that, because it would distract us from our main interest, but it seemed foolish to be selfish with the wonderful toys we had.The submarine idea seem such a good one, that Joe started looking around for people who had old or unfinished submarines for sale. He found five that looked promising, so we bought them and mounted our special touches in them after stripping them of their war making items. Each one got a French power unit and we fitted them out with facilities for.