The ancient crone glanced quickly about the cabin, then immediately croaked, "Yes!!" She gestured with a withered claw of a hand to the empty seat nex...t to hers."Oh, goody!" said the reporter, trying to act like an excited teenager. "A window seat for my very first flight. How nice!"Athena put her purse down and took off her Forthingill blazer. She reached up and tried to place the blazer in the storage compartment located over her seat. It was a reach, but she found that by leaning and. Well actually yes I do mind. I mean I don't know who you are or why you're following me but I don't want to eat lunch or have anything else to do with you." Oh, well I'm sorry if I scared you. My name is John, John Wallace and I just thought that you were a very beautiful woman who might enjoy having lunch with me."God was he ever arrogant. Not only did he ignore my refusal to eat with him, he didn't even wait for a protest; he just pulled out the chair and sat down. "I told you that I don't. Doesn't Batgirl violate my character selection rules against technical geniuses/detectives? Yes, she does. BUT Alpha and I have a plan.By the time Diana and the others asked for permission to bring Barbara to me to have her spine repaired, her body and mind were already about two-thirds completed. What's important to this part of the topic is that the construction of her body included a new type of implant. You see, a lot of our original rules were in place because we didn't know how to deal. Changing the subject, what’s the duct tape all about?”Bill said, “Sir, it was Dad’s idea. I called him last night, asking for advice. He suggested that it might make you smile, a little.”Had to laugh out loud, again. I said, “By God, he’s right, and you can tell him I owe him a Shiner, for that one. You tell him to get his butt over here, and bring Ann and his banjo with him.”The boy looked relieved. “That’s TWO, sir.”“Two what?”“Two people I’ve told and expected to be ripped apart. Dad ... I.