A cooler ocean breeze was lowering the temperature, helped by the ceiling fan rotating silently above.I nursed a beer. I liked beer but alcohol didn�...t like me - something in the way I metabolized it. First my tongue would go, then my morals. Four beers and I was as dumb as a stump, and equally articulate. It meant my consumption of beer was limited to one or two, so I cherished them. I traveled the world through beer. Tonight, I was visiting Japan with an Asahi Super Dry lager.“Ethan, can I ask. What is your name? K-Katie, I said weakly. I suddenly felt so tired and I just wanted to go home to my boys, crawl into bed and sleep. The thought that I might be sleeping on a prisoners cot instead tonight sent a chill down my spine. Abruptly, he dropped my wrists and leveled a stern glare at me. Dont move, he growled, I didnt even think of disobeying. He turned towards the crew room, heading for the wall where the phone hung. I stiffened, thinking he was going to call the authorities, but he. Gary was a bit confused bythe present. He was surprised to find that his wife was buying himpantyhose. He was glad that she came to understand this part of him buthe already had pantyhose and his confusion translated to his face and hecouldn't hide it from his wife. "What?! Now you don't want to wherethem?" Mary said upset that her big surprise didn't go over as she hadexpected. "Uh it's not that hon, but I already have several pair ofpantyhose. I'm just a little confused," Gary said. Maybe. Theoretically, he could starve for a week or even two before he actually died, but that wasn’t something he wanted to try for himself. Water was a more pressing issue, despite the rumbling in the pipes, none had come from the faucet. Perhaps the plumbing was breached somewhere.He could retrieve snow and melt it, but he would need a heat source for that. While he had electricity, most of the base’s functions were not operational. He retrieved the can opener from where he had thrown it,.