Ben said, “We got plenty of fish and k rations so we wont starve. There were some snares out but they are buried under 15 feet of snow and it will b... spring before there is a hope of finding them even with GPS tags on the wire.I said, “If there is a spring this has got to be record breaking.”The Captain came on and said, “This is not for publication so we put our headsets on.” I said, “We are set sir.”“Brent, Ben, you are right this storm stretches almost to Mexico there are satellite photos. I know it's supposed to be wrong since we're pretty closely related, but that's why it seems right. I've known you all your life. We haven't spent much time together in the last couple years, but I think I know you pretty well. We're living together, we get along, so why wouldn't we give each other pleasure? Yes, cuz, I think I'm okay with it.”She smiled and pulled me close for a sudsy kiss. “That's good. I'd hate to think this was a one-time thing.”We helped each other bathe, playing a little,. He took my daughter. My family won’t talk to me because of all the videos, and because I stole from all of them ... I don’t have any friends, because all my friends are either still into drugs, or they’re dead ... I’ve got nothing...” Then she looks up at us with that bright smile. “Except my health ... I’m not dead!!” Then the smile disappears, and she holds up a picture of her, younger, rounder, holding a little girl. “That’s Anna, that’s my little girl...”Cut to Lauren, still flicking. Still, the months they had spent getting to know more and more about each other on line, counted for more than either of them would have thought.What was the hardest for each of them was transitioning from that place where you like the other person, and like to spend time with them, to the very different place of recognizing that you need that person in your life ... and you're going to need them in your life for the foreseeable future.The depth of emotion was completely different now, whenever.