Then he flinched as she pierced his ear each inthree places and inserted studs in them.Finally she started to take the rollers out. He was glad as the... were tootight for him to stand much longer. She started to shape his hair. When shewas done with him she turned him toward the mirror to see what he lookedlike.It wasn't him he saw in the mirror. It was some woman he didn't recognize.Madge saw him sag into the chair as he realized it was him that he waslooking at. She turned him around and he. "Daium's eyes came up to meet hers. The Orang seemed to consider the matter, then sighed. Letting go of her half eaten mangosteen, she adjusted her glasses, looked around, and considered her words."Before we ... leave this sun, we go ... meet others. Maybe." Others?" Anthony drifted a bit closer. She nodded."Orang. Maybe. Do not know." Survivors," Melinda whispered. Daium nodded, sadly."Maybe." Your English is really improving," Nona complemented Daium as they watched the others half clean up,. Fort Jefferson is only a couple of hours by power but sail is so much more calming.The last few months had been hectic (understatement) to say the least. The midnight forays into forgotten warehouses with Myron Jones, Marine scrounger of the first water, might not have been fraught with danger but there was a certain adventure involved ... and the possibility that a new set of orders or a gung-ho lieutenant could insist on examining Every building in his new brief."God and the Saints preserve. I refused to look away from Tomas until he slowly, reluctantly nodded. It's about time someone who knew her tells him about his mother. "You have my word."I stood and stepped away from the fire. "Then I am going to our tent. If I am asleep, please wake me when you are done with the boys." Aedan and Alistair both shot me a dirty look for calling them boys. I grinned apologetically at Alistair, ruffled Aedan's hair in passing, and crawled into the tent Tomas had agreed to share with me. I noticed.