<div class="floatright">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d80f/21h8ybmnz6cjeh34g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/21h8ybmnz6cjeh3/Kimmie.png/file)</div><br/>I follow Chloe's meeting with all my attention.  The initial response of the Sisters.  The explanation of purpose, of importance, of the entire life and death situation that we face.<br/><br/>I watch as the Sisters open up to Chloe and Huguette.  Some are ready instantly, some come along slowly.....One resists, demanding to know more.  When Chloe shares Carlotta's vision, even this one surrenders reluctantly.  She is on our side, but not willingly.  The alternatives she observes are far worse than aligning with us.   Still, she stays.  Chloe's influence and vision sway her alliance.<br/><br/>I watch and can sense the awe as Chloe reveal to them, Isis.  Our baby, and the true hope for the Sisterhood in the future.  I smile.  While they now know of Isis, the second part of the plan is kept from them for now.  That part is my baby.  The 2nd part of the duality that will help save the Sisterhood and end the Shadow's existence forever, if the Goddess wills it.<br/><br/>Of this, except for Huguette, the Sisters in attendance know nothing.<br/><br/>There is a break....there is relief....Chloe sends me her smile and I know everything has gone as well as we might have hoped.  The sisters pledge their support and help.   Finally, as the line passing Chloe reduces to a few.  I feel it.  The one who resisted is before Chloe.  There is tension, but not danger.  This one will join, I can sense....but it will be different.  I listen to Chloe:<br/><br/>“Manon, my Bitter One. We need you. We need you with us. We need you because you question us and argue trust. Please come back to Copenhagen with us when we leave here. Join Huguette as our Advisor. She will tell you more as you need. Please consider. This will all be better if you choose to join our company.”<br/><br/>The commitment from Manon does not come verbally....<br/><br/>“Day after tomorrow we leave. Please have a room here and gather what you need if you so choose. We need you Sister. We need your choice most of all. Our enterprise hangs in balance on your choice.”<br/><br/>I feel that Manon, who wants to help, is assessing the needs of the Sisterhood, the emergence of a new, and to her, unknown leader.  All this will take time for her to assimilate.  We have asked much, more than most would have imagined.  To find yourself in the middle of a war and being asked to fight, is not an easy decision.<br/><br/>Manon parts.....no animosity, no embracing of the cause.....but also, no rejection of the Sisterhood.  This one requires time to think, to process, then to become part of are arsenal.<br/><br/>Later that night, Chloe and I embrace via Insight.  I hold her and she holds me.  We share our thoughts....and mostly our love.  I compliment her on the success of the meeting.....<br/><br/>I ask her.....<em>"When will you be home to me?"</em>and the most leading question facing us:<em>"What is our next step?....."</em><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>