‘Could you give me a hand here?’ he said. ‘Piece of shit is stuck again. I need to pull at three places at the same time.’ With the spike man�...�s guidance I grabbed hold of the front of the tray, while he banged his fist against the back of the machine. Nothing happened, except a muttered line of profanities from him. Or at least I think he was cursing. The few words I recognised were certainly not nice ones. ‘No luck?’ I said. ‘No, I need to get medieval on this bastard’s ass. But thanks for the. Things weren't so different here than at home, Kellie thought, wryly.The T. Rex lowered its head and scratched the tough hide with its short but thickly muscled arms. They were much longer than a true T. Rex, Kellie realized, at least those in the movies she'd seen recently. She was amazed at how humanlike the creature's actions were, its emotional reactions. This thing was smarter than a dog, maybe as smart as the prey baiting the trap for it. Kellie fought the sudden, almost overpowering urge. Sarah had to fight the bile rising in her throat.Taking a deep breath and forcing a smile, Sarah took her queue from him perfectly. She stood and leaned towards him ensuring to give him the benefit of a perfect cleavage view, and whispered in his ear, “Oh, you remember Bob, stop teasing me” she paused, giggled and flicked her hair back so it brushed against his round face. “I want to be rostered onto the same trip as First Officer Flowers, the 21-day Australia block leaving tomorrow morning. It. I might have been on solid ground if the topic was Cops and Robbers or Cowboys and Indians; Brandy’s interest was her doll’s needs and May’s attention was on her picture book.As Brandy and I talked, May would add a few comments of her own. It was interesting that May was now telling me about Mary and John’s opinions of how to properly take care of a doll. I wonder if adult women talk to each other privately via a proxy such as a picture book; the term we guys usually use for our proxy is a.