" "Close," I said. Once more, she feigned interest in her coffee, though her eyes never left my face. "I have worked out an agreement with Iva that I ...on't think my mother will be crazy about," I said. "And yes, I'm going to ask you to wait this one out. But not for Iva's sake." "That would've been my next guess," Mel said. "Just wasn't sure if Iva'd go for that." "So what do you say?" I asked. "Are you going to make this easy for me? Or are we about to determine which one of us is moving. I asked him to move and saw a heavy luggage behind him. As I went inside, the entry was blocked by the luggage and so I decided to stand near the toilet. Maybe after some time, I could sit near that area. Somebody inside told me- “Hey, the man there is a drunkard. You come here or else he will disturb you.” Then I realized that was the reason why nobody was standing near that area.I told “he might get down at near place”. But they said that the man was going to Chennai. I told them it was ok. Yes, we can give you the knowledge easily, but, the hard part, as ever, is knowing how to put it into practice to the point where you use the wand intuitively.”Dass then showed me where to stash the wand in my armour and took me on a tour of the Healer med centre which essentially was an admin block attached to the base medical centre.“Doesn’t seem too busy,” I noted.“Mostly training accidents and weird genetic diseases picked up on planets by Troopers that need a base facility to. Who's Barbara? Who's the other one?" she asked, backing up more to stay out of arm's reach.I was down to my shorts and socks, having forgotten about finding something comfortable to wear.Cindy was at the door, ready to leave when I caught up with her. I coaxed her back inside the room, promising to explain everything. She took a seat in my desk chair, refusing to sit on the bed with me."You're going to laugh at this," I began. She relaxed slightly, leaning back in the chair, tapping her.