Lexi would see Cedric look at her with interest, and even hear him say:

"I'm already liking this place, Stefan!" 

Stefan would then grin, then say:

"It's not the best place to be, especially if you want to be free, but, well, yeah, the people are all right." He would then return Cedric's gaze warmly.

"I think we really should swim; give Ms. Kingsley time to talk to Ms.Rocha," he had noticed the 'emo woman' coming towards her. [i]She must see Alexandra as the weakest of the group,[/i] was Stefan's thoughts.

"Before we go into the pool," asked Cedric, "a question. What's stopping the D'Nava from bombarding us from orbit? Doing that, if precise enough, won't kill off [i]all[/i] of their planned cattle."

"Oh," was Stefan's answer, "We have H'mina to thank for that; he and his fellow Es'mira gave us a Planetary Shield; surprisingly small thing, just as big as a Honda SUV, but able to telekinetically protect a planet from stuff that's too big or too fast."

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