But even subscribers had stood a less than one in ten chance of scoring a ticket for the opening night. And half the remaining tickets had been comped... to various people that The Maker had decided would ‘help make the party swing’. More pragmatically, another significant chunk had been reserved to reward the various ‘political’ interests whose support had been necessary to make the ‘drome possible. All of which had left barely a thousand tickets on sale to the general public. With over a million. " And I grabbed her wrist and started walking towards my car. I was surprised at how little resistance she put up. I opened the passenger side door and motioned her in. "Its no distance really, I'll drive you there." With that I closed the door and walked round to my side and got in next to her.I spun round quickly when she first spoke, I might even have yelped. It was the strangest opening line ever and I could feel the heat rising in my face and I knew my cheeks would be a bright red. I. Frustration at failed experiments, and satisfaction when an experiment was successful were the most common. Lately, fear and hate had been added to his list of emotions ... since the appearance of the Demon."I think so," Noah answered, seeming to pick his words carefully again, as if he were unsure how, or how much to explain. "We translated the human psyche into a numerical matrix. Then we selected the numerical values in the matrix, which we determined were needed to meet our goal. That goal. It was about half one in the morning that I decided sleep wasn't goingto come without help so crept downstairs and made myself a hot mug ofmilk. The ping from the microwave made me jump as it broke through thestillness of the night. I stood there without moving hoping that Ihadn't disturbed Mum whose bedroom was immediately above the kitchen.After thirty seconds, I decided that I was safe and removed the cup ofwarm milk.Just as I settled to the kitchen table I heard the kitchen door open.