Watching him interact with his wife and kids, Brody saw a different side of his friend. He was more relaxed; now that he had his family with him, ther... was a tension in Bax that was missing. "How do you do it?" Brody asked as they stepped into the kitchen for a beer. "Do what?" Bax opened a bottle and handed it to him. "Manage with them so far away?" Brody took a drink. "I don't know if I could do that." Bax shrugged and drank from his own bottle. "You do what you have to. I don't like it, but. She tossed shorts and a tee at me, while she dressed in another set from the drawer. Like I said, other than height, we were built along similar lines, although I think she filled those shorts better than I ever did.That was when I learned of one other critical difference. She reached into the small backpack she had been wearing on her bike and pulled out a wedding and engagement ring combo. My heart sank as I saw it. She saw me staring and looked at her ring as if she was seeing it for the. I sheathed Twilight and then turned to Bran."Can you find out anything else about the creation of the Rune Swords?" I asked him.He looked puzzled but nodded, I then went to the laptop that I had been given. I opened a communications screen, "This is Ambassador John, I need a neural connection kit, I have to trace a program called 'The Red Queen'" I said.The woman at the other end frowned, "I have no record of such a program within the systems. Do you know where it might be located?" She asked. I have never before been so close to any woman, to any person. Part is because we are so much together, but in wintertime I was often many days with M’kamba all time and with others too and there was never this feeling in me. With Linda I feel right in myself, my life is complete in a way I have never known before. We make love often, and each time seems new and more filling than the time before.But I grow easier, too, with the world as it has become and with the things of living that surround.