He easily found a seat and pulled out his book toread.As he started flipping through the pages, Brian became engrossed in thehumorous anecdotes inside.... Tales of everything from traveling withchildren to all the not-so-ingenious ways people try to smuggle drugsonto a plane. Brian was so riveted he barely noticed the terminalgetting busier."Paging passenger Sabrina Thompson. Would Sabrina Thompson please cometo the front desk please," the loudspeaker announced.Hearing the name Thompson, Brian. He inclines his head. "Do you, need a moment?" I am good," is all I get out before Gunga Din lets out a sharp piercing shout and swing the sword in a slash across my chest.I block without thinking. He makes 3 more slashes in rapid succession. I am one with the sword, I block. I have not had to move more than a step to two all this time. He flashes me a smile and takes a couple of steps back."You are good," he say admirably."Are you good?" I counter back."That remains to be seen," he salutes me. When she raised them again, the cables stopped once there was sufficient tension on the spring. At least it wouldn't rip her arms off if it didn't stop where it was supposed to. She pressed the test buttons again with tension on the cables. After the circuit breakers restored, the little voice said, "Moving to safe position" and the cables unwound to floor level. When she repeated the test with the power backup, the cables remained in place until she pressed the "Generator Off" button. . Great now she felt like she hurt his feelings. She got up and rounded around the table until she reached Matt. She walked behind him and begun rubbing his shoulders, "I'm sorry if I sounded insensitive. I'm just on edge and expected a full summary of what was expected of me." She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek, "Can you forgive me." Matt chuckled to himself, "It's alright. I forgive you. I actually expected you to get pissed off. But while you are here I have drawn up a contract for.
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