“When they told me ... that you had ... died, I mourned you as much as I did my parents and yours,” Elena admitted. “Perhaps more than them. We ...ere ... we were always in some way inexorably bound. I’ve never understood it but I’ve always ... when I would think of those times ... thought of you as much a member of my family as I was. The same was true with your family and me.”“Yes,” Joseph agreed. “I think, in many ways, you and I share a bond that is as real and as close as that Julia shares. The cabbie happily agreed and understood the intention of Ali. The cabbie stopped the car in a safe spot outside a petrol pump. To my surprise, both got down and went. I was still unaware of their silent conversation.They both went as if they didn’t have any conversation. I was dizzy, alone in the cab. They came back after 5 minutes as if they were strangers to each other. I am still completely unaware of what deal they both had struck in 5 minutes. (You guys will come to know the deal in the. I doubt their existence, myself, but I could be wrong.”“Fine. I can accept that opinion. Do you happen to know the general line of movement of the army?”The man gave a short laugh. “There is currently no movement that I could discern. That was up to my departure. The army seemed to be rebuilding its strength, for more of the local tribes have been resisting, and then running away, rather than staying to fight. Our local commanders said that we had to stay together to fight well, so we would not. Since I couldn’t just run an add in the paper, I continued to search my history in Triboro through my mined. I always came back to the same person to be the first temporary me.I decided the best person to trust was the very untrustworthy Bitsy at The Haven. I knew Bitsy would try to rob me blind, but she was not a rat. I knew that for sure.The idea was simple. I had decided that I wanted to begin with someone who looked like everyone’s idea of a grandmother, but one without too much dementia or.