“I hope your smack is better than it’s talk, else I might just fall asleep.” She stuck her tongue out “Besides you know you could never hit me... with that big clunky hammer.”“CLUNKY?!” Nora roared.“Oh boy.” Ren sighed. Watching as Nora went off on a tirad about how her hammer was the best weapon a hunter or huntress could ever ask for. Ending with a line about it exploding when she swung it. Amber looked on in awe. “That’s so cool! I never used a weapon, maybe I should get a hammer.” Looking over. The problem was, Jas's assets were spread over a wide area. Because theHive could appear anywhere inside the cluster of nodes in this forest.And might also appear in other rips. Simultaneously.No other rips noted. Not yet.Jas noted the countdown. Was she at a safe distance?That depended on Orbital Command. Would they send tank-killers? Bunker-busters? A city-killer?Jas fired dragon-killer arrows with explosive warheads. The monsterdeflected them, as expected. It also deflected every spear the. Eventually, all movement stopped and he heard someone moving around, lifting the lid. Books were taken from the pile on top of his body.“How to Behave in Polite Society, The 10 Most Common Rules of Baccarat,...” he heard someone reading random titles.Was the guy for real? He was going to register each and every book, totally ignoring what lay below the pile? Or better said, who? Was he even where he was supposed to be? Without thinking further, he moved energetically, making books and broken. "No one had a chance to reply. There was a knock at the door. The four of them whirled in surprise. The curtains were drawn, so no one could have seen them fucking each other."Who is it?" Babs asked nervously."Uncle Joe," sang out a rugged voice.Dan started to giggle, while Babs called out, "Oh, that's right, you were supposed to come today. I suppose you couldn't make it another time?" Nope," the voice called out from behind the door. "I'd have to charge you, Babs. Can I come in?"Everyone but.