This turned out to be fairly easy. Since the battle, Nil had been treated by the Kushitic in toto as the equivalent of another Kushitic chief. He, and...by association any of his people, had obtained a position of complete acceptance with the populace. Gone were the cool, distant and entirely formal greetings; now it was smiles, waves and even small flocks of children surrounding them wherever they went.But time didn't stand still. It was getting close to when they had to return and Nil was. “We just came out for some fresh air. But I like the smell of your tobacco smoke, so no problem for me!”“It’s OK,” Alejandra said. “Both Trent and I smoke.”“And me,” Stavros said.I lit my pipe and Kara and I sat down at the table, since the lounge chairs were occupied. It was far enough away that if we talked quietly, we wouldn’t be overheard.“Did you win?” she asked.“Of course,” I chuckled. “That’s four of the last seven that I’ve won, and one of the others I finished second. It was down to me. About 2 months Ago I was Having A really hard time , i had just lost my job and weeks later caught my girlfriend cheating in a nightclub.I was Falling Apart , I was constantly depressed and no matter what anyone said or did i didn't feel any better.Then One day When i was sat at home during the day the house phone rang , i picked it up and it was my Auntie Liz Who Lives in Cyprus ,she asked me if my mum was home and i told her no , she then said 'how are doing anyway kyle i have not seen you in. I guess I was guilty of my own prejudices too. I didn’t notice you until your friends arranged a small get together under the pretence of a karaoke party — Dirty Dancing was the current hit movie, but just forgetting to invite anyone else along making it quite an intimate gathering. I remember there were five of us that night. You, your best friend (guilty of arranging this little encounter), two English girls who were also part of the exchange programme and me. Innocent to the point of.