I said I am sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. he said no, don't be you made me feel good. then he added thankis for untieing the string, too. he... grinned and AI grinned back and then I hugged him. I said if you ever want to come back any time with or without todd, you are wlcome. They swam and laid around and I made us all some burgers and fries. After they ate my brother in law came to pick them up and kevin and todd got into the truck. As he backed out, the door opeened and kevin jumped. " Why not?" Bryce asked. "It seems like they'd be able to pull that off withsomething that can alter reality, even if it's not as good as whateveryou've got." That's a good question - let me correct myself. We can infer that they'vestolen our 'good tech' a couple dozen times already, and whenever they dothat reality collapses, so it's a dead end and never spreads beyond that.They destabilize things enough with what they've got, but once they getreal reality-warping technology, they go hog wild. “What in hell did you do to Don and me?”“Mistress, while I’ll concede that while ‘what in Heaven’ doesn’t exactly convey your meaning, we are sensitive.” Then with a grin she continued, “I’ve been after the Boss to get you all to clean up your language.” Then she pouted.“And why, dear Susie, the pout?” Marion inquired.“I remembered the Boss’s response. He said He’d consider it ... as soon as I cleaned up my own.” At that she sat down cross-legged on Marion’s belly and continued, “But what’s the. Everyone knew that. but teresa had only had a few serious boyfriends. they had thrown a bunch of parties at krista's house before but i had never been invited. i was kind of a nobody before this year. throughout all of middle school i was pretty quiet and kept to myself. i had a couple close friends i had known for years but not many. i was kind of a nerd who listened to a lot of metal music and wore dark clothing and had kind of a dark and a somewhat morbid sense of humor which was off putting.