“Is it a girl!?” asked Constance, excitedly.“Shhhhh!” hissed Mirriam again.“Is it?” whispered Constance.Mirriam smiled and nodded, and the... pushed a dancing Constance out of the door, before she started making noise again.She didn’t take them to see Prudence, though. Instead she took them to the nursery, which had the lights on day and night. There were three bassinets lined up, facing the windows. One had a name on it, but was empty at the moment. The other two had name cards that said:. My plan for killing Jeff and Bryan had been an epic fail. Jeff was a very smart guy, so I should have figured he knew what I was going to do. I hadn't counted on Bryan and Brock turning on me also. I was okay with it until Alan set up as a sniper and camped my spawn locations. That is where you come back to life after you die in the game. It is considered very poor gaming etiquette to camp (wait) for an opponent to come back to life. They are defenseless as they are reborn and you can kill them. I was back on the barge by noon Christmas day. It was just another day to me. I hated that about myself. I had obviously lost my faith in everything. Maybe not everything but everything in which the average person put their faith.I was surprised that the barge was empty at noon on Christmas day. Then I guessed that Wilson had gone to visit his daughter. I wondered it he would take Mel, who was most likely younger than Wilson's daughter. "Merry Christmas honey, I want you to meet your new future. Day 235:Ten days later the road-weary pair strode out of the swamplands and across the sandy fields to a tiny Djinn town called Southern Oasis. The place was remote enough not to require a wall, though the exterior perimeter buildings all had thick walls, and doors that only opened into the town interior. The whole place was a pale tan color, blocky and drab. Window openings were covered with dusty woven curtains, tacked down against the wind. The entire cluster consisted of three concentric.