Harold, Ben's son, showed me every removed pipe. The inside was rusty as hell."They hadn't dipped these pipes before they welded. They didn't miss the... all, just a few, but they weren't protected against corrosion."The plumbing aft was terrible ... a few more hours of in the air vibration and your whole tail would have you going one way the the tail feathers going another. You would have hit first."What had you been doing with this?" Crop dusting over Lake Michigan," Grace said."Crop Dusting?". A woman was rummaging through a drawer of the cabinet. She appeared to be wearing a long white dress and there was something familiar about her.“Can I help you?” he said in a stern voice.She swung round alarmed at his voice, “Oh, I did knock but there was no reply. I thought you must have been at breakfast! I only need to change my clothes.”Robert broke in “Are you sure you have the right room madam?”“Yes of course I am,” she frowned “Didn’t they tell you?”“Tell me what?”“That I’d...” She. Think about this - if you are sure, beyond any shadow of doubt that you are correct, how can you grow, learn, or change?”“Interesting. So you’re a skeptic?”“More or less. And I’m actually fairly radical in my skepticism because I question everything, including my own ability to understand anything well enough to even know the right questions to ask!”“Wow! But then how do you make decisions?”I chuckled, “By assuming I know enough to do so and acting on the best information I have available. But. The second wagon had reached the first turn of the trail, the half-dozen soldiers manhandling it around that tight bend. The other wagon was beside him, supplies already being re-loaded by Issa and Ofure.He hated this.The Elves had not been seen in two hours. Not since they had vanished with the note from their Queen. What did the note say? Felek had no idea. Nor did he know what their reaction would be. He DID know he didn't like not knowing. Were the Elves friendly? Were they safe here? They.