To get Anne's attention fromcrying, he asked, "Why is it a big deal if Kate-Lynn is not able toperform, there are seven girls left, right, or is there...more to this?" No, there are seven of us, but to qualify for the finals there must beeight performers and Kate-Lynn is the only one of us who can do thebackwards double flip. Even if we get an outstanding during tomorrowspageant, we will not qualify to perform with the Rockets down inRockefeller Center this Thanksgiving!"Just as Anne got out the. ." Hey! Jennifer! Cheer up! Oh, look, there's Va'an."Va'an walked over from the stairwell and sat down. "Hi! I couldn't find you downstairs. Excited? I am..." A little..." admitted Jennifer. "The last time I saw males was five years ago, and they were being executed. It was a bloody business. Wait! I take that back. I think I saw a male when we first got here, from the helicopter..." Ah, that was Keona, Mayoni's husband. There was also a male pilot in the copter, Kale. Lynda, what?" Huh? Oh! I. To know we are going to be okay”. He pulled the covers over them and while stroking her hair they both dozed off. They both slept through the night wrapped up in each other’s arms. Kink had never slept so contentedly in his life. He still awoke first and regrettably slipped out of bed to get breakfast for them. She was awake when he returned sitting up in the bed, looking about the room her gaze settling on the various props he had arranged for her viewing. Her gaze kept returning to the dog. . Didn't he also have an adopted son through Michal?" Yes. His wives traced the child from the medical records at Dalma. He was killed at Jericho in the Judgment of 8244. He was eight-years old, culled at the first childhood gate." Hell..." I know..." Eliana shrugged and then tried to smile. "I think most people today have forgotten what sacrifices my ancestors made, what a horror they saved us from." I know what you mean. Life is so incredibly easy now. The horror before Abdul Hadi is almost.