We had left the door open, and, well, we kinda heard you in there. Nothing specific, other than that one time the door banged really loudly. But it wa...s enough that it was obvious that you two were making love. Holly, you are particularly obvious when you are very excited. Not like sis was, but your voice carried into the other room. And you kept swearing, we would hear you calling him a bastard, then moan like he was killing you. And because we only heard your voice, we figured out what Pete. .” Lara began, before taking some time to inhale the sweet smoke, “ ... a complete joy.”A colossal sense of relief flooded through me. “She was okay?”“I think she was even more understanding of it than you and me were. It sure seemed like it, anyway.”I took the joint from her hand and filled my lungs. This brought an even deeper feeling of release. “I am so glad to hear that.”“And guess what? We do have the same winter break!”“Really?”“Yeah. She’s working on her parents, trying to get them to. We reckon that more realistic and practical minds are needed in the task of world evangelism. You have caused much trouble everywhere you have gone. You opposed the honorable women at Berea and the leaders of your own nationality in Jerusalem. If a man cannot get along with his own people, how can he serve foreigners? We learn that you are a snake-handler. At Malta, you picked up a poisonous serpent which is said to have bitten you, but you did not suffer harm. Tsk, Tsk, Tsk! You admit that. “Quite frankly, I had my serious doubts they would fall for any of it. Then I wondered how many steps along the way they would take. I was pleased they used missiles they could not replace. Of course they did not know we cut them off from their own supply ships. The key to the strategy was to help them never feel themselves in real danger. They only saw an easily vanquishable foe at any time. This led them to constantly move on to follow the bait as provided by the Una. The asteroid belt was a.