The walkway between Paul and the Amalthean ambassador's dawdling entourage first folded in on itself and then rather more abruptly exploded outwards d...uring which shards of glass and luxury carpeting were flung still relatively slowly into the near-vacuum outside. Paul's direct experience, as opposed to what he could later observe replayed at his leisure, was of an intense tug as the walkway's pressurised air pulled him backwards to where the Amaltheans were being sucked out through a widening. I saw Melissa’s knees buckle just a little and Lavi giggled. “It’s Robert you really need to convince.”Lavi giggled again, “Oh I know Robert, if I break you he will fall too. He’s a guy, besides he can’t say no to you when you really want it.”I walked up behind Lavi, I ran my hand up her neck and tangled my fingers in her head and gently but firmly pulled back. “Got it all worked out,” I asked?“You know it,” Lavi replied. “You think you can put me in line?”I chuckled, “No, but I could have fun. None of theothers were looking at Chuck so he let out a faint sigh of relief, gladthat none of them had witnessed his transformation back."Hey, I've got a fun idea," Chuck called out to the others just aminute later. "Let's roll up some new characters, then use the ring toturn into them while we play a short game." That sounds like fun," Dave grinned, "I used to have that female Elfcleric character that I could pull out and use." Sounds great to me," Ali grinned with a faint gleam in her. The status of Sanders for the Cotton Bowl remains doubtful as Sanders was immediately transported to State Medical Center with a punctured lung. ‘University unbeaten and ranked #2 before the contest suffered their first loss of the season and will be denied an opportunity to play for the National Championship despite the heroics of Freshman of the Year, quarterback Larry Thompson. The Topeka, Kansas, native completed 34 of his 40 passes for 412 yards and three touchdowns in the losing effort..