His eyes bulged momentarily as he felt an intense pain in his chest. He looked over to Nick, concerned. Nick was just calmly looking back. Tim felt hi... eyes water as the pain intensified and then was gone as quickly as it came. He reached for his coffee, but it was gone. Surprised he looked down and noticed that the tray was gone as well. He looked up surprised and noticed that although Nick was still sitting across from him, they were in a booth on the other side of the lobby. ‘What-‘ he. For you. You helped me. I help you now. I mean all men do have needs I guess." I look at Lupe. "I didn't want it to turn ugly like this and force you to do anything. I just wanted it to be fun and enjoyable. For the both of us." Lupe starts to lighten up. "Ok Luke, I'll wait here for you." I smile at her and walk into the store to finish my short shift. FIVE MINUTES LATER... I walk out of the store. Sure enough, Lupe waited for me. I get into my car. She follows me to my apartment a. ?SAX LEATHERS.? HMMM.? YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE ALREADY DO THIS?? AMAZING.? VERY WELL, I WILL GO THERE AND SEE IF THEYHAVE WHAT MY RAT WILL NEED.? HE IS QUITEPARTICULAR YOU KNOW.? IN THE MEAN TIME,HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO BUILD THE SADDLE?? ?Should be ready inaround three weeks.? Of course I would require a fitting session.? ?UNFORTUNATLY THAT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE,BUT I HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE MEASUREMENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED.? ?Very well, if you pop by in three weekstime I should be able to have it. .. sometime.The Colonel chuckled and said, "Well, that is a definite, almost, maybe plan. I wonder if the Shine People have a marriage ceremony of some type."Hoot replied, "From what I remember Child saying when we first met, I believe once they bond, that is it. I did notice that the bonded, married, or otherwise attached females, change the last part of their given name with a hyphenation of some type. When Child first met her, the name given was Trist. Now, I notice it is Trist-ah, and I've.