"I didn't say I don't believe you, but if I didn't know everything that I do, I'd have a harder time believing it. I have a hard time believing what those barriers are powered by, too, especially given that it's sitting right under us."<br/><br/>She smiled, returned the kiss, and nuzzled closer. "As well as I expected; a few things didn't pan out exactly as I'd hoped, but a few things I hadn't expected paid off. I'll spend tomorrow pushing a few more smaller snowballs down the hill, but for the most part, while it doesn't outwardly look like anything major happened... hmm, the politics of entire worlds just shifted. You've got a fair number more allies, now, than you did, or will, anyway, once the dust settles."