” he said. “Hi Robert, I’m Taatiana.” We walked together to the gate and were ushered through to our cabin, Robert was in a seat in front of...me and the one next to me was empty for the duration of the flight. I got comfortable in my seat and put my belt on ready for take-off. Sarah stopped at my seat. “Everything OK Ms Smith?” she asked. Everything is perfect Sarah, thank you. Sarah please call me Taatiana.” I said to her. “Taatiana, what a beautiful name.” She said and walked to the front. Fortunately she saved me with a more pressing question. ‘What about you?’ she asked. ‘My wife was killed in a car accident a year ago tomorrow, I brought my kids on this cruise to help them make it through the day,’ I told her. ‘Oh, I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘Likewise,’ I replied. But it was interesting that we were both widows, not divorcees. That meant neither of us carried the emotional baggage of a failed marriage. By this time, almost everyone else had met their match and was going through. One of the ongoing tasks in the small settlement was forming a bond and teaching all the people English. Roger planned to hold school for all from the youngest to the oldest during the winter. He would continue to teach them to read, write, and think in the modern way. His plans were to use any and all the books he found in the wrecks. He knew many of the words and concepts would be well above the initial capability of his students but he had been a firm believer for years that our modern day. Course, most of them were older and horny as hell at the end of the day, so we obliged. But during the day I never saw a live women and my main job was to keep Kim and the others happy." Kim?" Colleen asked."Yes. Kim was my operations lead. Like Candy was at Findley. She was the journeyman in the union that did about half of the terms. Carley Swenson did line two. Like I said, we were a union shop." So the Naked Goats were in charge?" Colleen asked."Yes. The state rules said that the Goats had.