Even the Captain of the airfield gets told nothing. Some shit's going down somewhere and we don't know shit about it." So, give me a clue? Why are we ...eally holding?" Look, 'priority traffic'. That's all I've been told." 160? We're skirting the Pripyat? Why? What's happening up there?" You keep this to yourself, okay?" the Tower replied, conspiratorially. "I think there's some kind of accident - a real big one. They've declared this big exclusion zone all around the area. They don't want any. He is a child?" the other woman asked, referring to me."I do not know," Tabita replied. "But child or not, I must..." Tabita replied.My connection faltered, and I did not hear the rest. I was thinking of all I had just heard, when suddenly, the connection returned briefly."But you know Don'rahall no longer lives," the other woman said emphatically. "I have told you all along that this was a fruitless journey. Why did I ever allow you to come? You could have claimed that worthless ring without. Ashley could see it, too, and rushed over and knelt to give Theo a fierce hug. "I'm doing okay, Theo," she quietly whispered to him. "I'm glad to see you're doing better, too." Yeah," he whispered back to her, "I'm doing better. It's been really tough. But it's been tough on everybody, especially you. You sure you're doing okay? Say, you didn't bring this sorry excuse for a soccer player, did you?"She looked up at me, and her face tinged pink. "No," she said, smiling. "I just came with along. ”Amber had his shirt off by now and was examining his torso. Being 21 and pretty athletic, he had a great build, but she didn’t seem to notice. She was too busy looking for stab wounds.“He seems okay” she said, “but he’s covered with blood and dirt. Robby, you need to take a shower.” She turned and looked at me. “Please’” she said, “he needs to get completely rinsed off.” I just shrugged.“Robby, stand up, honey.” She told him, trying to pull him up off the toilet seat. She got him in a standing.