On her way out, Miss Johnson rested her hand on Smiley's shoulder.  "Thank you for coming to see me personalty again.  You all have to decide what you're going to invest and hope to get back out of it.  I just receive amounts and am told to make things happen.  Akiko has persuaded me that you'll provide a boost in all our reputations worth a substantial share of my finder's fee.  If I come back to our employers with a request for more, the best I can hope for is being told to find someone who'll do it for the money offered."<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.elfpack.com/stuff/blonde-girl.jpg?jpg=y)</div>Lace chuckled at Sonya.  "Always a party with you, right?" she gave a cheerful grin, cheeks still a little flushed.  Under the table, she found Billy's hand again and laced their fingers together.<br/>The waitress came buy and asked if anyone wanted drinks, desert, or soycaf.<br/>When she was off again, Lace offered, "Maybe we should separate out for a bit and make some preparations.  With what's on this cred stick I can call in some astral back up.  I can also fly by the place astrally and see what they've got in place."