The rest of the time we were spending in either the motel or at the US embassy that was not far away. Since this was the last full day here I instruct...ed Andy to let the men and ladies have some time off to go sightseeing or to get souvenirs to take home. But they were to stay in groups.The next discussion with Andy and Biff finished up - one we had started yesterday. The eight Suburbans were staying and after Andy talked to the men and ladies, sixty of the eighty were staying along with Biff. I want to protect my family. But I hesitate to throw myself into a conflict where there is no odds of me winning. You remember the joke that Mr. Bowman, the math teacher used to make about lotteries being a tax on people who are bad at math? Well let me say that right now the people who are out learning the lessons that are necessary for humanity to fight the Sa'arm successfully are facing nearly as high odds and they are not going to win anything except another chance to fight the Sa'arm every. The building had few discerning characteristics just like so many others. It lay directly in the middle of The Hole. The brimming cesspool within the boundaries of Los Angeles housed many demon-kin, all of them fell under the House of Aashia's dominion.The Aashiar House is well known for its magic. As a rule all vampires have the ability to mold life; to make the flow of life's energy change. Training, potential, and raw power are all very important for a demon to possess for them to perform. Her friend Molly, by comparison, was rather unattractive and dull of personality. In time this would change, but for now Molly was a slightly overweight girl with crooked teeth and the worst haircut I’d ever seen. At almost seventeen, she was a little older than Jenny, and she used this to rule over my sister at every opportunity. Jenny, however, seemed to accept it all with good grace. On the day in question, I remember waiting outside the pool-house changing room while Molly and Jenny got.