.." Calm yourself... Madam. Now, what were the major world events in therecent past?" What? Seriously? Well, the virus obviously... what else do yo... meanand why are you asking me this? Let's see... there were some big wars,but those were decades ago, there's still a lot of fighting,particularly in the Mid East and the Russians are always.... er, is thatwhat you mean." So. a few major wars and some sort of plague.." notes it down. "No...intrusions? Invasions? Psychic storms?" ..... er.. Later, in the afternoon, there was another round of shooting near the warehouses and marketplace. Several squads of cavalrymen rode by the house. Later, a group of foreigners stopped outside the door and chatted for a bit before moving away. Danka felt sick. The Red Moon army must have retaken Aksheriri Ris. She looked around the house for women’s clothing, but there was nothing. Whatever clothing the owners had they would have taken with them when they evacuated.She noted a ladder going up to. He said, "Itwould have been a lot duller if you and your roommate hadpicked up those two jamokes at the grocery store. I'm gladyou didn't." He walked away.Oh my! Pete knew. What else did he know? A few minuteslater, in my manly clothes, I walked manfully over toPete's desk and said, "So, how long have you known?" I knew there was something you weren't telling me, but Ididn't know it was that until Saturday when I saw you andyour pretty friend at the grocery store. I watched thelittle drama. Puzzle pieces fitting together. That sort of thing. Not depending on the exterior world as it changes and evolves to a new level of perversion or when my face sags so much that you cannot tell whether I am smiling or otherwise. Poverty or war, oppression, death or global obliteration. Beyond the pretty red heads with nicer ass’ that will come out of nowhere and catch your eye. When the last bucket of dirt is poured on either your grave or mine. Will you still be there?’ He stopped and looked at.