Later he took me aside to talk."I spoke with Noon while at the house. She is very lonesome and anxious for you to return. She asked me to tell you tha...," Sergeant Tweed informed me. I had been thinking about her a lot also while on watch with nothing more strenuous to do than listen for a call on one of the radios.I had decided that I needed to see her again. I certainly liked her a lot, and not just because of the sex either. She was a very nice person and easy to get along with. But ... there. "Hey," I said. I couldn't look her in the face. I looked everywherebut her face."Bonjour ? nouveau, mon amour. Merci de revenir. Mais je savais que tureviendrais."I couldn't understand it much, but I read a few books with some french-speaking characters so I could puzzle it out a bit. "Yeah, I'm back. Ididn't really want to come back, though." Naturellement. Mais je suis encore heureux que vous soyez venus." Stop that!" I said. "I don't speak French."She huffed, and stood up. "Vous n'avez. I started to frown when I thought of Joe. Sure, he was still good looking but I was bored and scared that he felt the same about me. “Everything alright?” he asked bringing me out of my fantasy. “Yeah just fine, why do you ask? I replied, trying to cover my true feelings. “You seem a bit down today, you’re not smiling as much as you normally do.” “It’s just my relationship with Joe, we’re stuck in a rut. We’ve been married for 17yrs and we have lost the spark. I want to spice things up a. "Over half a millennium, Princess," Mara replied."Princess?" Dunin asked incredulously."I am, but in truth a princess needs both a people and a kingdom and I have neither," Beriwen replied. "What happened to you and how did you find me?" I was imprisoned until a passing traveler afforded me the opportunity of escape," Mara replied vaguely. "Since then I have been searching through old records for some clue as to your resting place." Dunin, tell me about yourself," she asked. "How did you come.