We cut a deal where he would get the dinette pulled and a desk installed, The fly deck stripped down, the few stairs replaced with ramps and a tallboy...toilet installed for me, along with a hell of a lot of trapeze grips and hand-holds for me. The upper cabinets in the galley were pulled right out as I'd never be able to use 'em. However, there were an unexpectedly large number of lower cabinets already installed. I hit a Lowe's home center for a cart full of industrial strength glide systems. The Kidd family is not stupid. They will have that information by now, and will be looking for such things.”“So they’re bait,” Bella said.“Indeed,” Kaduska said. “Many smallboats are used as shuttle craft in the bay. The Kidds do not know which ones are bound for the Kestrel and which are not, so they will be stopping many boats and looking for people; your pretty Captain, or yourself, for instance.”“So even though our things will be on the small boats, we will be on a different one,” Janie. Taken by surprise, I bowed slightly, and taking her gloved hand I kissed it. She blushed slightly, and turning towards the silent group of officers who were close enough to be watching and listening to the conversation. "For your information Herr Nash won the Victoria Cross, for his bravery in saving lives, by defusing a mine lodged on the casing of the boat he commanded, not for taking lives, as our desk bound hero here has suggested."Turning to me she smiled, and said in quite a loud voice.. He replied, “It’s a fusion powered ATV. I don’t like the noise of an engine, either.”That was a possibility that Ed had never considered. He wondered if Kelly would like to go riding with him if she was able to ride an ATV. “I’ll wait for you here.”“Nah, go on ahead and I’ll catch up,” replied Dan with a smile. It was nice to have something to do on a Saturday. He added, “It will take me a couple of minutes to get packed up and ready to go.”“Okay,” replied Ed realizing that the ATV could move.