I’d been surprised at the number of small statues of the goddess that I’d seen among our troops. At least one man in each company had one and most...of the other men in his company stopped to touch the statue. When the Seleucids formed up into ranks, my cornicen sounded, “Prepare to attack,” and the men went to high alert.I observed the remaining Seleucid heavy cavalry to our left, obviously not happy that they couldn’t use the beach because our navy was just offshore, and the beach was easily in. ’ I answer him. ‘Really? Would you be willing to do something many might consider… Naughty?’ He continues to wonder. I nervously swallow. I scratch my forearm. My heart continues to pound hard inside my chest. ‘Maybe…’ I finally spit out my answer. I watch as he moves a hand down below his desk, out of sight. I then hear his fly being unzipped. I was quite in shock. ‘Come round hear.’ He orders me. ‘B-but sir, someone might walk in…’ I worry and look nervously towards his office door. ‘They. Na nalaiki poi sutham pani kuduthutu varenu sinnal. Nanum k amma nu solitu vanthen.Me: dai en amma nalaiku olu vanga pora da.Friend: ana da avanga otha nallathu tha da.Me: ama da aatha vachi namalum en ammava okalam da.Friend: dai avnga 2 peraium patha romba moratu thanama nama thevudiya va poduvanga pola da.Me: en amma athakam thnguva da.Friend: namaluku etachum vitu vach para ila da.Adutha nal kalaiel vena en frnd vanthan. Amma kalailaie kulichal. Ava kulikum pothu na en frndum pathom. Ava. " You like me?" Tim's face lit up with pleasure." ... but what happens after our date?" Ken hurried on, blushing. "Someday I'm going to go back to England to be with my family and we'll both get our hearts broken, and then we'll regret it for the rest of my life and..." Ken trailed off. Suddenly, this wasn't coming out the way that he had intended."Kathy, what are you talking about?" Tim reached for Ken's hand and held it tenderly. "It's just one date, that's all. Let's just go and be together..