Their technology remained, dead Reapers remained scattered throughout the galaxy, and the damage they had already inflicted through their incursions d...id not suddenly heal, but when scouts reported back from the galactic shore, they told the same story. They were gone.Commander Jane Shepard and her crew were just as surprised as anyone. Shepard herself was more than a little embarrassed, but also more than a little relieved. Life, it seemed, would go on. In time, some of her crew moved on, while. For example, Loni had suggested a small swimming pool, but it didn’t take much effort from AI to have her drop that request. I don’t know where she got that idea—one of the kids must have asked for it. By the time push came to shove, the women had dropped about 60% of the things that they had asked for, and Z1 was a lot nearer being feasible.Finally, AI declared an end to the proposal phase and got to work on the actual design of Z1. That took a couple of weeks because he had to stop and ask. This one is mine, you owe me one, its time to pay. Owen said seriously. Jeff took some moments thinking, and then he shrugged. Ok, you crazy son of a bitch, theres a van with a cushion there. He said, and then shouted Now you know buddies, keep your sisters away from this bastard! More laughing and finally they let us go. Owen kept carrying me, leading me to the vans. When he found a dark gray one he opened its door and there was actually a mattress. He laid me there, entered and closed the. Between each stroke, Mrs L rubbed the cane several times from side to side across Ella’s bottom. She knew that whilst this did give some respite, it also increased the tension for the person being caned. She had questioned several students at the college who she had caned, and learnt from those questions how to maximise the punishment, both in terms of pain and giving the student the time between strokes to tell herself not to be naughty again. With Ella, she saw how she clasped hold of the.