The Priestess ended the brief service and abruptly left to attend to other worshipers in the Temple. ———- As soon as the ceremony had ended, th... norteamericanos asked their Colombian classmate to accompany them in the Plaza to have some tea, and from there the group would walk to the Central Police Station to watch Maria Elena pick up her Ministry of Justice boots and cape. The students wanted to go with her partly out of curiosity, because the capes were considered an abomination of fashion. So ... they let us stay. That’s not to say they didn’t allow a bit of questioning by the lawyers of the party of the second part ... we being the parties of the first part.Since we had been at sea for four circumnavigation’s of this fair planet, there was little we could tell our inquisitors.“We don’t know!” was said multiple times to various and sundry Suits until we got tired of it.“On advice of counsel ... until you can form a new line of questioning ... we’re done talking. Go Away!”“What. (TryxiTrash) I only want Bashy!(Julie) Why do you want to know where she is Bash?(TryxiTrash) Bashy in the day an' Bashy at night!(*Anne-Mal) And what happened to your delightful sister Pryxi?(Julie) I like Pryxi!(Bashful) Now Tryxi, please remember what I told you last time, not while Julie is here!(TryxiTrash) She's out!(jan) Yes, Pryxi was soooo demure.(TryxiTrash) You would. She's a poop like you. *Tee hee*(Julie) A real lady.(*Anne-Mal) A class act!(Raven) *Sigh* I can't control. I woke up in the middle of the night and remembered where I lost it, " Randy said, quickly getting to his feet and brushing by his father on the way out of the room.Randy hoped that his father bought the story about the lost knife. He closed his eyes and prayed that he wouldn't ask him to show him the knife. The boy kept his hand closed around the imaginary pocket knife and hurried out of the room.Angela's eyes caught Randy's as the boy ran from the room. She could see that her son was afraid.