Krystal laughed. "I don't think you will have to worry about that too much. You are very charming and fun to be with. At least so far... I know we hav...n't been on a date and only had lunch at the cafeteria. But I do know one thing about you already..." What's that?" he asked, curiously"You are a very good kisser!" Well, I have a great partner!" he said. She was quiet for a moment and he could almost hear her blush over the phone. "I am glad that you helped me with my books today... it gave me a. " Mac replied."What would our Chinese friends do if their underground routes were suddenly unavailable to them?" Scott asked.Mac's face began to light up in a smile as he saw the simplicity of what Scott was suggesting."Probably one of two things your Grace. Either they would come up to the surface and try to move into Russia overland or they would call off their plans for now until they found another way." Mac answered."And if you were leading the assault, what would your decision be?" I'm not. But, I assumed that she may have invited someone else to join in our fun. Kasey seemed to know Chris too. Julianne said, “Larkin, come on out. There is someone that I want you to meet." I must admit that I was hesitant as I really had only met a few people while I was Larkin but I went out into the living room. There was this guy, maybe 45 or 50. Not bad looking. Sort of slender. Dressed in jeans and a shirt. Neat looking with short hair, slightly balding. “Larkin, this is Chris, a friend. The only way to use the bridge would have been to spend a lot of time with pick and shovel clearing a path to make it wide enough for the vehicles. This was just plain impractical, so that idea was given up without much argument.This plug of dirt and rocks was acting as a dam. The fissure on the south side of the dam was filled with water, indicating that the fissure ran into the lake. They decided, after a lot of discussion over the radio, that the expedition should return to Cavopolis and try.