She stirred for a moment, then snuggled against me. I kissed the top of her head and inhaled the fragrance of her hair; then I switched off the light ...nd closed my eyes.Morning light woke me. Sometime during the night Steffi must've rolled off me, or I slid out from under her. I rolled over to face her. She was already awake and gazing at me."Good morning," I said."Good morning." Been wake for long?" Not very long." How did you sleep?" Mmm ... Wonderfully well. I fell asleep on top of you. "Ellie had elected to stay at the Kolin Centrum where Henry was lodging too. After checking in and making some discrete enquiries about where she could find such interesting sights as the residence of the country's hereditary ruler, the Kalinin's Palace, she dressed herself in that most anonymous of outfits, the chanoosh, and headed out into the night.Ellie found the palace easily enough, she even managed to get into the courtyard of the household by joining a chain of doenyes carrying baskets. "We're pretty proud of this place," the pimply student leading them said of the building that, while obviously modern, at least showed some architectural character. "They never had a science building before the state took the place over. The old school was very religious, and they didn't want to have to admit not only that Darwin existed, but he was also right. So, they never bothered with any more than the simplest of sciences. One of the decisions made when Southern took over was that they. Being eighteen now and not having to work due to dads income meant that I could concentrate on Dalia more.One day I told Dalia that I was going to walk into town and hang out with a couple friends all day and she was happy for me and told me to have fun and come home whenever I wanted, I asked her what her plans were today and she had said that she was going for a long walk in the woods and that I should have fun with my friends. I gave Dalia a big hug and told her I would be back tonight, as.