continuing on...

After brushing the hot tea from her lap rather unsuccessfully, she stood upright and looked around. The scalding tea trickled down her stockinged leg and into her shoe, but she took no notice. She cocked her head to the side and waited to hear once more what had caused the calamity with the tea.

She waited, and there was only silence.

Her eyes shifted around the room, unable to trust her surroundings anymore, working only on a the primal instincts and senses that could detect whatever creakings and workings she suspected around her.

Abruptly though, she came to her senses.

"Jane. Get a hold of yourself,"she said loudly and bruskly, breaking the grip the silence had on the room. She shook her head and, rubbing her hands through her hair, attempted to kick herself back into reality.

The creatures breathed a sigh of relief as Jane picked up her cup and walked back into the kitchen.

"jillba-whhaaatt were you thinking??" roared Vinchi in a whisper.

"it was an accident, i didn't mean it!"

Vinchi, of course, was referring to the act which had Jane so concerned. The act that could, right then and there, have blown the cover of their entire operation.