I dialed Lisa next.

“Hey, Boardwalk empress,” she answered me.

I prefer to call her a queen, for obvious reasons, but empress is also fitting.

“Tattletale.  How’s it coming?”

“It’s not.  I’m gathering intel on the enemies in my territory.  A few have migrated my way in response to what the rest of you are doing, regrouping.

Ah, I guess that’s the price of waiting – the enemies still think it’s a place they can go.

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