"I should have thought that much."You'd better take off your clothes before you go in," Helen suggested.Helen handed me a miniature whip - the one she...had been carrying on the evening of her arrival."I know that you've been waiting for this for a long time - both of you," she said. Then she closed the door behind me.It took my eyes a while to adjust to the darkness. Helen had gradually reduced the electric lighting in the former storage room. At this stage there was just one 25-Watt light bulb. I think that I could con the people of the 1400's into believing that I came from the 1400's. The main thing you'll have to realize is that you can't keep telling people that you know a better way and what they are doing is so backward. Remember, no giant leaps in technology. It's going to be hard for you. You'll just have to grit your teeth and put up with it."She nodded, "But how do you travel? I haven't seen any sky transporters since I came to this backward place." We get around by cars,. But your gate here is as good as a doorway really.” “Er, charming. A bit like dogs leaving their scent?,” I asked. I could see her weighing this up. Was I calling her a dog? No, she decided, I was not. “Just an old tradition,” she said airily before continuing with, “Plenty of those around here.” “I bet”. “Like repaying any help as soon as possible.” “Really?” “Oh, yes. And you helped me. And now I owe you.” So saying she leant her body in to me and, raising herself on tiptoes, kissed me full. Marlit and Barb climbed up in the front with me. I backed up as the newbies clung to anything they could hang on to. We started off to the plateau ramp and were soon up and looking for aurochs. I saw a herd but they were very far away; but a herd of the bison was closer. I went back down the ramp and got my Barrett and a couple of clips for it, then headed back up the ramp. I think that Barb explained that for bison I needed another weapon. I got to within about 500 yards for the herd and I.