He must have died, by now.”‘Yes, Seeker, he died over a thousand years ago. And like many lost crewmembers, his soul journeyed to Earth…’“Ar... you trying to tell me Hakone is Jake?” Elaine asked, completely shaken by this knowledge. “And how are Hakone and Annalisa…”Suddenly, she knew. Elaine had been the first female crewmember to be ‘saved’ by having her awareness transferred into one of Sibilius’ new hybrids. At that time, Hakone’s lifemate, Alysana was one of the thirty or so that had still. Looking though the crowd that seemed tohave materialised from nowhere she watched for thegates of the compound to open, allowing the contingentto make its way to the assembly point for theprocession that would start of the first day of MardiGras. It was not easy to see from her position, lookingthrough horse’s legs, people with flamboyant costumesof flowing material, people with almost nothing onexcept a head dress, and at the lead position, thefloat, representing the subject that had. You know, that natural ass lube that smells like a gas station shitter?Me, I’m the baby. So I’m nervous but at the same time, born for this. I mean show biz is all I know. I whip out Dad’s cock and start sticking the agent’s ball point pen up his pee hole. I remember it went in easy enough at first, the pointy part…then I hit the rest and the going got rough, but no one likes a quitter—well, I imagine Dad woulda…because he starts involuntarily pissing blood and I tried to gobble up most of it. The machinery for the stern paddlewheel was lifted for us by a neighbor’s backhoe. That all bolted up with only minor adjustments. That afternoon Jeb and I framed in the hatches and rigged the steering. The steering was not complete because this boat was to be fitted with a novel bow rudder and with two stern rudders. This invention was patented back in 1866 for use on riverboats. We hoped that the extra rudders would enable us to operate without the use of extra crew needed get around sharp.