That gave her something to do rather than mourn. She told me the manager had gone to a business luncheon for local men and was on the way back. She sa...d that he was probably rushing because he didn't like to be out of the office more than a regular lunch hour. I knew that feeling, but I also know that you can't rush in heavy traffic. You have to flow with it and you'll eventually get there. The woman promised me that she would have the information I asked for to me in an hour. She assured me. What history this place had seen. There was evidence of ancient Greek occupation. It is thought the city state of Heroplolis was here, or hereabouts; then came Alexander and his garrison against the Myconeans before he destroyed them utterly. Then the Romans, the Turks, the Venetians, the Genoans (very briefly), the Venetians again, the Turks again, the French, the British (hence the cricket team), the French (again) and finally the Greeks took control of their own land again. It only took them. I heard noise from the main room. I made sure we were both rinsed off, turned off the water and dried. I then walked into the main room, naked. b**st, of course, just followed. Otton and the others of the Unit were standing looking at us. He said, “We have consent to let the b**st stay with us. We will be leaving this system immediately. I have to warn you, though Alexa, I am not completely comfortable. This is totally outside of established protocol and regulations. The ship leadership seem. There she was, tits out in the open with a million reasons to react shocked or angry. But nah, she looked at me and even let her arms wave back to stay afloat, watching me as much as I watched her. Had a bit of that high noon appeal, one of us had to draw first. I decided – no, it was decided for me really – to let the rest of my body sink into the water, after all there was no reason we couldn’t both swim there, right?Only then did it occur to me that we had not spoken a single word, an.