Joe woke up disoriented and hurting. It took him some time to realize he was in Sickbay. His return to consciousness was noticed and a Corpsman was at...his side asking the usual bullshit and making notes. The Corpsman adjusted the morphine drip going into Joe’s IV and he drifted off to sleepy time again.“Mr. Price,” his secretary Joan Wentworth said, “Mr. Price, a delivery is here for you and he requires a signature.”Joe stood up.; at least the shakes didn’t affect his walking. As he left his. I was just driving and i......." and she kept blabbering for some time and for some time i didnt pay attention to who was speaking to me,,,and then when i did, i still couldnt pay attention to her words! Well maybe it was a method to comfort me, or it was due to her jumping off from a moving activa...but top two buttons of her shirt were ripped off....and what i was seeing....was a feast! In sometime I realized that am staring too much and maybe even she realized. But then I dont know what got. Ever the fastidiousone she carefully tasted each dish separately, between sips of wine. Me, Ilike it all in one, a tortilla with the carne asada onthe bottom, with tostada fixings heaped on top, all rolled into a sort of burrito.For about the hundredth time she warned that I'd never make a real gourmet,and for the hundredth time I answered that I'd rather eat food than talk aboutit. The meal lasted a good two hours, most of it talking rather than eating.The topics ranged from work to friends. Then Mark asked Teacher, "Is it safe now for us to leave?"The answer came right back, "Yes, but you will meet the one you think of as 'Puffy' a short distance down the trail. He stopped and has begun to look back this way again. There are weapons available, if you believe them necessary."Weapons? Mark never considered weapons. He had been in three fights in grade school and once Mark had a problem with a bully the previous year. Melissa handled the bully. She was his "enforcer."Mark did not.