Diana let out a quiet laugh, "He's showing off for our company. His full name is Billy Bad Ass. We found him high in a bush and half frozen. He threat...ened to tear us limb from limb when Jeff reached up and caught him; thus the name. But he didn't scratch or bite, despite his threats. It didn't take him long to become a member of the family, either. He tends to somehow escape from Selina's suite, so we take turns keeping an eye on him when she's busy with something. We're afraid he might get. . I remember his words to this day, “you need to eat, you've drank a lot”, I would have agreed normally but not so much right now. So we had some food, snacks really but it proved his point, our heads (no pun intended) were now less occupied by alcohol... This is when its gets fun...Joe walked me down the hall to his bedroom, once inside we laid down on his bed, that was the first time I ever kissed a man. And it surely wasn't going to be the last. He incited a passion in me like no other. Who cleaned? I searched ... nobody. Who ever did it had a job for life. One of the drawbacks of North Island ... When I was done working ... I wasn’t. Same deal with the Basilisk ... I cooked and cleaned.When I came in the next morning Gonzalez was just finishing the conversion to propane. Propane is safer in confined and inadequately ventilated quarters.“Gonzalez!”“Sí, Patrón.”“Good man!”“Sí, Patrón.”The entire shop broke out into laughter.Now ... about this Patrón. In the normal course of. We chose the path of electricity and living in harmony with our resources. Now, because of the path you have chosen, the Ancients have given us your money."Mega-Town Associates & the failed coup (from EC's novel - The Freshman)Mega-Town Associates is by far the largest corporation operating in the US. The company started out as a discount retailer, taking over nearly 60% of the US retail market with its Mega-Mart discount stores by 1985. During the late 1980's, Mega-Town expanded its operations.