The elevator is empty too, not surprising since we're going up and most of the morning traffic is likely descending to the lobby. As we slow, approach...ng Yuki's floor, she throws her arms around me and locks lips with me. The bell dings and the doors open as I try to peel her off me. Apparently, she's not as embarrassed as I am about our public display.We get a couple disapproving looks – and at least one approving one – from the three pairs of people as we exit, Yuki making no effort to. Perhaps I hallucinated? At this moment, this expression of a visual disturbance I would have been happy about. I would identify the cause later.Reassured by this thought, I once again looked into the night. The rain weighed the leaves, they slid down as if tired of mopping. To my horror, what emerged when the leaves disappeared, was the face of a person. It was a blonde man, his hair rained on and now streaking across his forehead, the water making it look darker, his face pale. I instinctively. “Let me start over. Kelly, we are here to honor you today!” When he said “Kelly” the room exploded with cheers again.“Kelly, many of us know you have won this war for us. You are winning the peace as well. As the smallest token of the appreciation of the German people — now on their way to reunification at last, thanks to you — I award you the Golden Order of the Knight’s Cross, the highest military award for heroism Germany has ever had. It has been re-authorized by the Bundestag especially. It seemed to them that their friends were much more energetic than the first time they saw them. Visually their bodies appeared to be fully adjusted to the changes.Donna broke into their conversation and said, "From my perspective your observations are accurate. Current data indicates that Jill, Janet and Judy could be awakened the day after tomorrow. However, Betsy has to confirm the observations first. It will probably be another week before Joyce was ready to wake up. There is a possibility.