<strong>Location:</strong>The Ruins of Gilbert's House<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Primarily JD<br/><br/>Sarge gave no obvious reply to JD's remarks.  Given that it was a mechanical owl with a speaker, one couldn't exactly just watch her and figure things out from her body language.  Maybe her silence meant that JD had entirely won the argument and she was left completely speechless.  Most likely not.<br/><br/>At the question of the boat, Kimo offered, "Kyle should be taking the evening boat back to Onogoro-Jima in..."  He checked his wristwatch.  "Thirty minutes.  Should be able to make it there if anyone has a car, if you go that route.  Forty-five if you call ahead to ask him to wait.  Or you can take the Star."<br/><br/>It seemed unspoken between Kimo and Bubo the Owl that Bubo would give him reconnaissance while he handled affairs.<br/><br/>When JD looked out to the horizon, she saw the very flash strike of lightning land down, shattering on a lightning rod not all that far up the beach and sizzling upon the sand.<br/><br/>The question about the homework left Hitomi stunned a moment, fully starting to realize just how much danger she'd been in.  "Yeah, okay," she agreed half-heartedly, guilt in her demeanor for causing such a bother.