Her parents were dead by then (a freak accident, a ferry collision), but in the meantime she'd met Jim, picking him from one of her classes at the uni...ersity. He sat next to her for an entire semester without saying anything, but now and then he'd look at her without realizing she noticed. One day she trapped him after class and told him he should take her out. He tried to shy his way out of it, but she didn't let him. Amina always got her way eventually. Jim took her out like she said he. I looked up and she was standing beside me, biting her lower lip pensively. "Are you okay?" Sure," I said, reaching out for her with a hand. She stepped in and put her head in the crook of my neck, the rest of her clinging to me. "I hadn't really talked about these things to anyone yet, so the emotions it brought up kind of caught me by surprise." We're all so sorry," she said, looking up into my eyes. "It was thoughtless of us to even bring it up." No," I gave her a squeeze. "You guys asked. If you play with it for a minute it willopen up the slit in the suit and return you to normal.There is one other thing you need to know about the suit but I cannot tellyou about it in this letter. Please see me and I will tell you when thetime is right." Well at least she has a sense of humor," he remarked as he removed hisclothes.Throwing the discarded clothes off to the side, he walked up towards thebed and took a seat next to the suit. He picked up the lifeless item,marveling at its apparent. It took another five minutes to get to Pat's flat, and he was waiting out front when the minivan pilled up, wearing an FSU T-shirt and jeans. Finally, with five intrepid explorers onboard, the van joined in with the southbound flow of FSU evacuees. Karen was seated up front with Jim, referencing the atlas in her lap to give him appropriate turn and distance advisories. After traversing more wooded lanes than they imagined existed, the group found themselves at the gate to an estate set.