Rogue read the small instructions and pressed her thumb to the buckle at the back. She did it again as the instructions told her then she put the coll...ar on. She had to admit, it felt nice on her neck actually. She put her thumb to the buckle again and took a deep breath.“Well is it working?” Scott asked.“We need to test it I guess,” Rogue said softly, “Anyone want to kiss?”Scott, Kirk and Spike all had looks of indecision on their faces. Xavier was maneuvering his wheel chair when Rogue hear. ”“Was it open to the public, as your bar usually is?”“Nope. We closed it to the public and had technically rented it out to Grace and James, over there,” he pointed to the defence table, “for one dollar. I had James turn off the OPEN sign so no one would wander in by accident.”“So, how did the two deputies come to be there?”“They’re regulars. We see them all the time, and they sometimes help us with security. They were invited.”“So, their actions were not disruptive to your party? They were not. "No baby, you are human. Just like the rest of us. We all need someone to love us." He explained gently, his hand rubbing her back for support. "Is that why you are watching porn while mom is out at her bridge club?" Jackie asked. Ernie looked to the screen and then away in embarrassment. "It's different when you get older. One person's desire to be physical can drop off because of age or illness." Ernie looked at the carpet, unable to face his daughter though he could clearly feel the heat of. " I am no expert on portal technology. We of Cassandra didn't invent the portal and our scientists are only now beginning to understand it. While the selectivity that the portals enforce on what goes through seems to have good results and we rationalize why on that basis - I can't say for sure that those reasons are the reasons of the creators of the system. I've got even less of an answer on the gunpowder question - between the shortage of metals and the shortage of sulfur, mass firearm.