In shortorder he was dressed in a powder pink nylon smock and given a pair ofpink cotton hospital slippers. From the changing room he was led intoano...her down the hall and placed on a table. There the woman removedthe smock and slippers then pushed him flat, securing his wrists andankles with padded straps. As he stared up at the woman's face herealized that she was a he. Jerimiah noticed the five o'clock shadow,the Adam's apple and gulped."Oh my gooood! This place is filled with queers. Through that unexplainable connection we share, I know he knows what I'm thinking about. When he's finished with his work, he walks to me. "Want to see my office?" he asks. "Sure," I reply, smiling up at him. He starts removing his gloves and I stop him, subtly shaking my head. Keep those on. He raises an eyebrow, smirking, and leads the way up some stairs. Ethan opens the door to a room, the blinds on the windows that look out over the factory already shut, and closes the door behind us. His. Unfortunately, whether he had seen what she had wanted him to see remained undetermined.Logan wandered over to the cluster of glowing, orange crystals for a closer examination. Until now, he had thought of it only as a convenient light source to drive the darkness of the cavern away. Now that seemed a little naive.There were six in total branching out from a central crystalline core. Five of them were close to the same size, none longer than his open hand, palm to fingertip. All except one.. . knots over the ground and staying out of trouble. When the wind was right, we sailed ... when it was contrary or non-existent ... we motored.Clearing Samo, New Ireland, we made for Put Put, a gold processing plant on Lihir Island. They were glad to replenish stores and fuel. Management took the time to show us the plant and its strip-mine. Interesting ... but no cigar. No matter how scantily the girls dressed they didn’t get one free nugget.Laues, on the east end of Manus Island was our next.