” “what comment was that?” “She just wondered what you meant when you said she isn’t doing anything you haven’t done. I’m wondering ...bout that too.” She looked at me then reached for her rum and Coke. She took a large gulp, then put the glass down and stared at me “You never asked about my past and I didn’t volunteer it.” “And I’m not delving now, but I am interested if you want to tell me.” She was quiet for a few seconds, staring at the glass in her hands. She picked it and. My hand brushed against her ankle as I reached for it, and two strange things happened. First, I could see goosebumps forming on Lana's legs, rapidly. And, second, touching her skin brought not just the usual, well-calibrated, feeling of touch pressure, but also that hidden mysterious feeling. It came on while I was touching her, and my mind paused for a half a second, making my hand linger on her ankle momentarily. In that time I glanced at her, and she looked at my eyes. I pulled my hand down. Did you just say?"She had a big grin on her face. "Now that I know what you're packing, we could save water and shower together," this time sounding sincere."Mother, as entertaining as that might be, aren't you worried about being nude in front of your own teenage son?" I personally believe that being naked is how we are supposed to be, but society expects decorum between parents and children. How do you feel about that, Peter?" If you are talking about walking around naked inside the house, I. "Thank you," Caitlin said before gulping down a third of the bottle."Uh, Sir. A couple of other things. Our cell phones, and apparently everyone else's around here, have stopped working. Land lines too. Seems the same thing has happened for radio transmissions, with the exception of our two channels. The only communications going in or out of here are ours." Go watch for Mr. Matthews. He'll be here momentarily." Yes, Sir."A few minutes earlier, the Administrator's secretary had just walked back.