I felt deeply about the dead and the All Mother. The gathering seemed to link every Tomma on the planet in a subtle way. I sensed that most of them wo...ld know of our grief through a vague uneasiness but everybody would somehow retain thoughts of those that died. I could see how the Tomma males were so intimately linked to the planet now.The king was asked to attend and his message came across clearly that the Aristis had to get back to the way it was before or die. I was much more conciliatory. She was so happy after completingit that she lifted me in the air. Gosh. I was so embarrassed. I marvelledat her strength.Day 53I spent the day tied to a tree. Depressed at no sign of a rescue, I hadrun towards the moat to jump in and kill myself. Lee chased me andtackled me. She then dragged me back to camp and tied my wrists to abranch or a tree. I spend the day on my knees, my hands tied crossedabove me, my face stained with tears and mascara, and my pretty dressdirty in the grass and. " I don't want anything!" Kelly protested. "We were *happy* being poor." Tears began to leak out. "This is going to change everything!" He stood and tried to run toward Darla's room but Richard caught him."Skipper! I didn't mean to make you cry!" Richard held him close. Helpless to get away from the bigger boy's greater strength, Kelly found himself sobbing against the convenient shoulder. "It's okay, it's okay," murmured Richard.Pete's door opened and he stood there naked for a moment with an. " We all left to go pack and tell our parents and get some weed and beer, though we were 16, we had connections. Everything was fine until we realized that we had no one to drive, we only had learners permits, so who could drive...... my cousin Sean!!! On sunday I called Sean and said " Yo Sean, my friends and I need a ride to my parents Cabin on Monday morning, you in?" He said " What's in it for me?" I said " Weed and beer." Sean goes " Ok what time do we meet and where?" I said ".