I waited in the lobby for her and she was down shortly, and we headed over to the convention. I got her signed in, and then we stop to figure out jus... where to go. This convention was huge, taking up all the space around the center. I gave Dick a call to see where they were, and where we should met up with them. I told them I was heading over to Pave-Co and see them as I do business with them. Shannon and I walk that way hand in hand as we look at all the equipment and other support. All the men in this Calak, except the Zakat and the Matatu, were pulling travois. It seemed a little strange to me that they'd never thought of trying to capture and train a thaka to do the grunt work.Thaka weren't as large as cattle or oxen from earth, but some of them reached the height of a donkey or a little larger, and all of them seemed to be built more robustly than any donkey I'd ever seen. I figured they would be perfect for such work. At least they'd have been better than having to. He thought about Adam again, suddenly starting to regret everything he had said over the phone.??Then he thought maybe Adam was telling the truth some how and that it really was just a dream. Adam had never lied to him before and he always claimed to only have him for his first time. Corey sat there and thought for a minute. He had to see Adam and apologize to him. He had to let him know that there still was love there and they could work this out. ??Corey got up and ran to his car and drove. The only difference this evening, however, was, shortly after the girls closed the door, glancing down the hallway, they re-opened the door again.I looked at my step-daughter, and said, "You gotta close the door to keep the cold air out," and Katie giggled."Nope. We gotta keep the door open so we make sure that we can see if she wakes up." I stood there in shock, and in utter amazement, saw my step-daughter look at Katie, then saw Katie glance back at her, and they both nodded.And then they.