I had no more tears to offer when I read the true stories of heroism from New York City’s first responders and the brave men and woman that had brou...ht down the plane whose wreckage lay a little more than a mile from where I was stationed. I had no praise to give to the fine people that donated time, money and their blood to the victims of the calamity and for the men and women that lined up in droves to go forth and defend this nation against all threats, real and imagined.I, foolishly. It was in their genes to be athletic in form, just as it was to be coldly analytical perhaps, and less inclined to demonstrate emotion than act upon it. That was his gift to them, or so Wolfgang imagined, and it had not been coincidence that they'd both joined the police, again like their father who had worked for the East German State Security Police."I want you to like me," Eva said, turning around to face her brother as she let her t-shirt go."Of course I like you," he said, looking up at. The sooner you get over the hump..." she snickered. "Or, in your case,humps, the sooner we can move on to more interesting topics."I walked slowly toward her, and the mirror. The closer I got to my newreflection, the more apprehensive I became. Back in Jackson's lab, I'dgiven Charlene a cursory examination through the dimensional window.But it had been more of a response to actually seeing what I would havelooked like had I been born a girl.As before, the weird sort of vertigo of watching my. I walked up to them, pretending to be innocent and calm, and Nick introduced them to me. And, yes, they were three of the semi drivers we had passed. I was very impressed. I developed a much higher regard for drivers on that encounter. None of the three even made reference to what happened on the road and maintained good eye contact while we talked. They did giggle though when Nick suggested we get back on the road. Then, the comments came about putting on another show somewhere down the road.