[i]A few of the invaders patrols - though they hadn't begun a siege on the Dojo just yet - would spot Alpha as she continued to study the garrison. Yet they did not stare with a judging hatred, nor sneer at her form at all. It was as if the small patrols took to respecting her as they would respect any other lady, or man, or child. Discipline made up their small, stationed army, if anything.[/i]