I located my seat and placed by bag on the luggage rail. I was anxiously waiting about my neighbor. I was very much happy to see so many happy couples...doing horny things in my heart. Then the bus started moving. Nobody filled my neighboring seat. I could see a 3 middle aged men sitting at the end of the bus. I said hello to them by raising my eyebrows with a smiling face. The first destination was Mysore which was around 150 kms away from Bangalore. So, there was sufficient time to sleep for. I hadn’t been there since my return to France a few weeks earlier, and I found I missed it. So much had changed in Paris since those heady days of August, when the young Frenchmen had so eagerly sought out war. No one was seeking out the war any more, it was coming for them. And much had changed for me, as well. I had spent a very long day in mid-August as a guest of the state police, as they questioned me about my activities over the previous 18 months. I was treated politely, as a foreign. She had never really understood why. At the start of their voyage to Asterion 14 months ago Heviya had been an unexperienced newcomer to space travel, constantly worried to do something wrong. She had been trained as a wireless operator during her compulsory service in the confederate army, but apart from that she only had an aborted hyperlane navigation studies to show for. If her uncle had not pulled some strings with someone he knew from HR at Elysium Interstellar she was certain that she. “Let me sit over there so I can feed you,” Mom said.“It’s okay, Mom,” Em said. “I’ve got it. There’s lots of things J can’t do without hands. We just need to pitch in.” I almost choked on the bite of mashed potatoes she shoved in my mouth just then. Of course, my parents were oblivious to the underlying meaning.“That’s very mature of you, Emily. I’m so glad you’re willing to help. The home nurse will be here during the day Monday but weekends are all up to the family. I’m sure we can share the.