Now!"The man used the phone and then left the desk. A man came to us and said, "I'm your private concierge and will take you to your suite. Forgive us... for not providing the appropriate welcome."I said to the man, "I doubt that we'll move until the hotel manager sees us. You are being very gracious, but you're a day late and a dollar short. We may decide to find other facilities."The man drew himself up and said, "Then you'll probably be sleeping on the beach if you decline your suite."I told. He went in the massive docking bay and got in his small craft. He waitedfor permission and then he lit it up and flew it out. He few it out ofthe frigates docking bay and looked back. It hit him then how serious theempress was about this invasion. Frigates are small but there must havebeen thousands of them. There were massive battleships behind thefrigates and they contain enormous firepower. He saw the colossal commandship in the center of the fleet and the empire rarly uses those on. Great, another one. But at least the distraction worked. As Medusa came between them, the other cat changed targets and dived for the gorgon. Claws met scales, and Medusa’s scream rose when her blood gushed from the deep cuts. Her snake body was too busy crushing the other creature to deal with her new attacker.Otrera wasn’t. She dashed for the sword, and rammed it into the side of the other cat still biting and clawing at Medusa. Its screech was louder, and more monstrous than the gorgon’s,. ” In spite of Dale’s protests, Travis refused to give the papers back. He waited with arms crossed, until Dale had washed up and gotten to bed on the couch. Then he took the papers and the other items with him into the bedroom. He spent half an hour going through the past two days’ unread newspapers and then went back out to check on Dale. Finding Dale asleep, he retired for the night. In bed, he lay thinking: He was happy for Dale - and unhappy for himself. Only two days ago he had been.