John couldn’t come up with any better ideas either, so we drew our pistols and carefully worked our way into the brush.We had our guns in one hand a...d our knives in the other. That combination had worked well for us in prior skirmishes, so we went with them this time. There was no way we were going to move through the underbrush quietly, so we just bulled our way through and trusted to luck and our armor.We were both using our combat radios for communication so that we could talk quietly and. Outside of the fewphotographs of family and friends from college days and before there wasnothing in this apartment that was personalized to me. Hell, I didn'teven own a tv, I tended to do more work via telecommuting after cominghome at the end of the day.Since I figured I really had nothing to lose I didn't see any reason toavoid going to this strange vacation. The worst that could happen is itwould be an event disguised to sell time-shares or something. A littletime in the sun would make up. Suddenly, one of the fundamental waysyou defined yourself - as a male, has been changed, and you are lefttrying to navigate the fallout. Whether you succeed depends a great dealon your resources - both external and internal. Dealing with the internal resources first, how adaptable a person are you?When faced with great stress, can you keep going? Without this ability,your chances of success drop considerably. Secondly, what kind of external resources do you have? Do you have family,friends ?. Once he was sure they had at least a basic route and plan ready, he settled back and closed his eyes to get a few hours rest before sundown. Tamalain curled up to him and slept as well. For the first time in many years no nightmares haunted her, but other lives did.She found herself on the Platform of Old Kelethin before Skyfall, long before in fact. She could hear talking, a man and woman talking about having a child. She turned to look and saw a woman that could be her own twin in size, build.