He was now happy with their response levels, and that they knew when to intervene and when not to act. Each woman would carry a good spear and her own...bow, with a quiver of arrows slung over a shoulder, hanging at hip level. John had his usual crossbow and bolts, and all three had a steel survival knife at the waist. All three were competent with all their weapons, so John was satisfied that his party was ready for any eventuality.The fishers who found her were from the village they knew, so. Yeah right, thought Luke. He was still distressed at being fired but knew sitting around wouldn’t get him replacement employment. He sighed heavily when reading the statistics for manufacturing and top of the list of people in industries being laid off were production designers. Fucking high school career advisers had ‘warmly recommended’ he seek a design degree because he’d been very creative since a young kid at making his own model cars, boats, trucks and airplanes. He gained a Bachelor of. The only noise in the car was the radio, which was playing softly. They’d gone to the A&W for root beer floats. To say the relationship between Bobby and Constance was tense was not fair, really. After spending the night together, sleeping fully clothed, and clearing up the misunderstanding that Bobby had about her relationship with Jeff Hamilton, there had been some kisses. Those kisses had been serious, and both of them knew it.But there was a lot of baggage that went along with both Bobby. ”The woman beside him answered, “Yeah, I had a run-in with one of those arseholes on my first trip. I wasn’t happy when my boss told me I was going to be based on the Moon for six months. The women are just as bad as the men are. I’m sure they are all dykes.”The man chuckled, “I wonder if she is? It would be a damn shame if she were. She looks bloody amazing in that suit.”“I’d bend over for him if he wanted to strip search me. That other bastard who tried was a fat pig, at least these two look.