“If you’re through admiring the scenery, help me get this thing off my carbine,” Ann grumbled as she struggled to move the rear of the beast off...her weapon.“Oh, my,” Arlene whispered as she came to her feet, still amazed at what lay around them. “It looks like...”“Quit gawking at the scenery and help me get this thing off my weapon before more of those spiders find us,” Ann snarled as she tugged futilely at the dead mass on top of her carbine. “And I need to find my first power canister. Come. ”She giggled, “I really can’t get you on any of this stuff, can I?”“No, I don’t think you can!” I smiled, grateful for the break in seriousness.We ate and when we finished, I got us each a scoop of ice cream from the container in the freezer for dessert. I put water on for tea and we cleaned up the dishes and the pots and pans we had used. By the time we were finished, the tea was ready, and I poured us each a cup. We went back to sit as we had before, with Kara on the couch and me in the easy. ”“We can do that.”They walked back out and did just that. They started to doodle away and all of a sudden, they were playing together and improvising and having a musical conversation. I was entranced. I held onto Blossom and whispered in her ear.“Can you hear the conversation? The guitar is talking to the bass and the bass to the drummer. They don’t need words, they just sort of fit together.”“Like you and me, Terry?”“I certainly hope so. I love the way I feel around you and I can’t wait to be. “Yes, I would guess so. Turns out she runs a very successful escort agency here in Berlin.“So, what happened after I left?” he asked.And for the next hour, he quizzed me on everything that had transpired last evening and night, plus my thoughts and opinions on what it meant, especially my thoughts on Ivan.Finally, he sat back, thinking about what I’d told him, then refocused on me. Without saying a word, he opened his robe, showing his erection.Although I made no sign, I was pleased that I.