I'm glad for the company that you and Cherise give me..." And Cherise for a long time." Well, yes, I'm glad I found her family line again after that s...ipwreck. I was amazed someone survived on that island for two years. I heard of it, and sent for her, and her family has served me for generations. And then you... Please...find the Last Knight of the Crying Spire."Deavers smiled kindly, "Of course my lady. I promise upon my honor."The lady smiled, "I know. It runs in your family. Did I tell you. Mom went on with a patient look on her face. "I have waited since I was built, to get even a mediocre crew. Now I find that I may have one of the best, and all within this base. I have to confess that some of my worry for you was because your likes may never come along to me again."I closed my mind to think. I could feel even from here, the thoughts of my family. This was nothing new, because this happened very quickly since meeting Chris and Kitten. All Tandra could feel one another this way.. "Where ishe? Did you leave him on some street corner to pick up some cash?" Shelaughed at her own joke."He?he wasn't feeling well. He's resting." Geri's outburst angeredher, but she knew that she needed to keep control at this point. Ifthings went right in the next few minutes, it would be a very long timebefore Geri laughed about anything again."Yeah, right. On his knees probably." Geri laughed again.Sally just sat and looked at her. She was at a complete loss as to whyRob had thought. Okay, I will admit to dozing between water stops, but I was always alert at those times. One interesting thing was that there was no effort to rob the passengers. That probably meant that it was a small gang that did not have the manpower to do everything. Theoretically, it only took two men to hit the train if all they wanted was the contents of the express car: one man for the locomotive and one man for the express car. In actual fact, any bandits who went after the express car with less than.