“Did you see how excited that first woman got when she saw us? How they all were?”“Almost as excited as we were,” replied Carla dryly.“My po...nt, Carla, is that if there were more people on that island, I think they would have come out to see us. I’m guessing the island is uninhabited now except for these four.”The shore team watched in silence as the four kayaks moved across the water. Somewhat of a surprise to Carla, the boats did not come straight at them. First they headed downstream over. I rather doubted the last, as our most recent public opinion research showed the Craxill were still viewed positively, and there were much more likely targets in the area for attention seekers and those with grievances against the world.As my travel pod pulled into the station, I saw the guards gathered around a rather frightened young girl. The TS force had a reputation for attracting the less intelligent and less principled members of society, with the possibility of bribes from smugglers. "I um, wanted to hang out," Britney said shyly, not wanting to upsetKrissy."Ha! What? You think like, you can just hang out with me to try to becool? Yeah right! Look like, I may put up with you during practice andstuff, but that doesn't mean I'm going to like, be nice to you in reallife," Krissy said with a sharp tone.Britney was suddenly not feeling up to this challenge. She didn't knowhow to handle the emotions she was feeling about Krissy now beingLisa's evil little sister."That's what I. ‘Deep breathing, that sort of thing.’ ‘How is that supposed to help us?’ ‘He didn’t say.’ She paused. ‘How long was I in there alone?’ Eric crinkled his brow. ‘You don’t know? Thirty — forty minutes.’ ‘I think his techniques must have worked. I dozed off.’ Eric rolled his eyes and shook his head. — Eric was in bed before Megan. She walked into the bathroom. Sure enough, he had left his toothbrush on the counter. The toothpaste tube had the cap off, and was sitting next to it. His clothes had.