The next day I awoke first and used the bathroom. He oldest came out of his room and I asked him if he could do me a favor. “Here is 10 Euros, go to...a pastry shop and get pastry for breakfast for everyone and get me a coffee.” His eyes went wide. He took off running and was soon back with a dozen pastries for us. He handed me the change and I told him to keep it. Allei came out with the baby and we sat and ate. She was surprised at the site of the pastries. “Did you do this? I mean go and get. I felt my face flush in anger, and the next thing I knew, I'd pulled off one of my shoes and flung it at the bastard. He caught it with a laugh."Well, I guess you've made your choice. Bring her over here, Bob."I spun around to storm out, even without my shoe, but instead I ran right into the arms of Bob, who had been watching this whole exchange. He grabbed each of my upper arms in a meaty paw, pinned them against my body, and lifted me easily off my feet, carrying me to the couch and Danny.. I then felt her pushing at certain spots and then rubbing them down, followed by another rub of liquid. She used her fingers to open my eye and ran a cold liquid around the edge, and repeated it on the other. I then felt her use a clamp on each lash, followed by several minutes of brushing all over my lashes. My forehead was pulled up above each eye and what felt like a pencil was rubbed across each brow. The same feeling could be felt around my lips. I felt her lift the brow again and paint. It would no longer be a secret if he told anyone."Er..." he began uncertainly."We're historians," said Beatrice who was standing at the bar next to Paul. "We're doing research on the Byzantine Empire." The fucking what?" asked the man with a sneer. "The bisons? What the fuck do you need to go to Earth to study bisons for? They've got bisons everywhere. And mammoths, dodos, passenger pigeons and elasmosaurs. Every once extinct animal you can think of that left a bit of DNA behind has been.