People even stood along the riverbank for the last few miles as we approached. A large pavilion stood near where we docked and the Sultan came to gree... us as we debarked. I motioned for Anuk to go first to make the introductions but he was swept aside by his uncle, barely able to bow as the Sultan rushed by to shake my hand. “Sultan Michael Miller, it is an honor to finally meet the man I have heard so much about,” he said in English that was easily good enough for me to understand. I was. Well, except the Paleo..." This land is so amazing!" said Keona. "Yesterday, the sun did not set. Seeing the sun at midnight... I can't get over it..."Mayoni smiled. "This spot here is right at the edge of the midnight sun. I read it as latitude 55.5 degrees. We're 970 km north of the village, and 320 km west. The sun will set here, briefly, in two days. But we're heading north! We might not see darkness in quite a while..."And the journey continued. As they followed the arc of their path up. Luckily, the next day was Sunday and Laura didn't have to work. Shespent a good part of her morning in the shower trying to scrub away theshame of last night's events. Maybe it had all been a dream and shehadn't really been assaulted by her boss. Maybe she had too much todrink and the whole thing had been a hallucination. Maybe the stains onthe front of her dress were some kind of sauce carelessly dropped duringdinner. Maybe, maybe...there was no maybe. Laura could not deny toherself what. “Your turn, Di.”After Diana watched hers, she came to get me and we sat on the couch and held each other while we watched the videos again. The big difference was Sasha’s admonition to Diana to keep after me until I was whole again. Sasha demanded that Diana marry me and help me live a fulfilled life. Her last words went right to my heart.“Diana, he loves you, and gave you and the ladies his heart, but he gave me his soul and now I give that to you to claim when he is ready to give it up again..