(But) Oh hell, easy steps.I announced dinner and headed for the crockpot. I said to Rick, “Mostly it’s just Fran and me for dinner. But with a gue...t, we all use the floor. Fran got the hint and got three beach towels laying them on the floor like spokes on a wheel.Dinner was stew served in three soup mugs with handles. I had to say, “Rick, please sit here” as he seemed totally unsure of what to do with himself. He sat. I set his bowl down, got mine and put 3 dinner rolls on a plate in the. Fortunately I didn't have time to dwell on these things. Downs had opened the case. He pulled out a large envelope, opened it, and removed the papers it contained.He scanned the first page and put it down, then looked up to us."Just a cover letter, as one might expect. Now the meat." Then as almost an apology, he said. "I do want to look over this before I read it out loud, to make sure I don't start reading some classified document to you that I wasn't expecting, or something that the younger. In the upper left hand corner, words in Neo-Europeno appeared: "Accessing Source" and then "Source Offline - Accessing Backup Source."Yakhir held his breath. He read the phrase "Synchronization complete" and had no clue what is really meant, but he assumed that it was good."Welcome, Martell," a female voice cooed in his ear, "Awaiting command." Ah, what are you and where am I?" Yakhir said aloud."Accessing," the screen read. "You are accessing MAR2-3.2 and you are located at port designated as. He jumped up and called out into the hallway that I was awake, and then he came over to stand next to my bed and he hugged me. It seemed like I hurt everywhere. Nurses came in to look at me, and shine more lights in my eyes and check me here and there, and then a doctor came in and did all the same poking, prodding, questioning tests. Did I remember my name? Yeah, it's Tom. My age? 16. Where I lived? I told them the name of my town, the school I went to, what grade I was in, everything.Then the.