”Fully awake now, the Clan Queen’s motherhood gene was in full force. “Jeff, would you get Selina some water? And bring back a dampened washclot... and a hand towel also, please.”Moments later, the Prime was back, and Diana had wiped the child’s sweating brow and encouraged her to sip some water.“Logically, you both assume it was only a child’s nightmare, and I suppose to some extent it could have been, but there was reality as well,” Selina insisted. “Something is threatening us – something. You look awful this morning. Didn't you sleep well last night? Are you sick or something?" Yeah, I think it's the 'or something', though. I didn't seem to get enough sleep last night."Brie took pity on me and took the spoon away from me and stood next to the chair and spoon fed me my cereal.Then she told me, "Bennie, you go back to bed, now. I'll come wake you for lunch, before the gang gets here for the swim party. That way you can rest for a couple more hours. Do you need help going. He showed me his office and introduced me to a few of the people he worked with before we went down to the athletic center. It was one part gym, one part rehab center, one part doctor’s office.They had my chart from the hospital there and consulted the x-ray of my ankle for a few minutes before they unwrapped my foot and checked my mobility and how much pain I was in.To say they were gentle with me would probably be a lie. They were used to flattening out an injury in the shortest time with the. Gerald was taking care of our gear and the food chest.Activity around the boat had lessened considerably by the time we returned, and we were introduced to the boat's Captain and owner. He was a large bearded man, dressed in canvas trousers and a cotton shirt. General Clark and Captain LeGras talked with him and agreed on the price of our passage. Wolf, Gerald, and I were much more interested in the boat.The boat appeared to be some seventy feet in length and fifteen feet in width. There were.