When I walked into the kitchen, Kathy was fixing something over the stove. "Come over here so that I can inspect you." Then she started making littl... adjustments to this maid's outfit. The seams of my pantyhose must not of been straight because she said, "When will you men ever learn how to put on stockings. You never get the seams straight." She lifted up the front of the skirt and said, "You better keep this down, or you will pay the consequences for it." I even had to bend down so that. I come home most weekends. I don't enjoy London as a place. I'm a country bumpkin at heart." I know what you mean. My parents live locally but, in my case, after university and law school I didn't want to move back in with them. Luckily I found a little cottage at Carlton Parva which needed a lot doing to it and got it cheaply. I'm still working on it slowly." How long have you been there?" Four years." I reckon you've done better than me. You live in the country and can easily get to work with. "We did, kind of -- kiss."She winced as the last word came dribbling out, not wanting to say it."Okay. Wow, I guess that's a start!"Her eyebrows mashed together. "Wait. What?" It's good, it means she feels the same way." Oh!" She giggled, surprised. "That's not what I expected you to say at all!" What did you expect?" I dunno. I guess I thought you would be mad that I was, y'know, doing stuff with her."I paused for a moment, reflecting on my own experiences with girls at Kaylee's age. I had. "But what I am eager to do is get this process started. We're already a month into our stay here, and the sooner we can get everyone on the same page and working the better. Oh! But what about the security question? Are you going to be comfortable with more people coming back down to the surface?" Not altogether, I admit," he replied. "There seems no ready way to put the situation on an equal footing. The more of us are on Eden the more hostages we offer them for the taking, there is no.