With little else to do, David kept himself busy by scouring the landscape he was passing through for anything that he might find useful. Any game he c...me across caused him to circle and then spook the animals so that they ran in the direction of his valley. It would do no harm to move more potential food closer to home!The first day of the trip was made in bright sunlight. There was a very cold wind, but it was mostly at his back and he was well wrapped up in skins. David had replicated some. 'James didn't reply, seeming lost in thought. He was watching Sally from the corner of his eye and wondering if this was a real change or simply his own wishful thinking.Bedtime that night didn't shed any light on the topic. In fact, it offered its own set of questions. Sally didn't snuggle with them that night, not even for a brief period, going straight to Zoe's old room accompanied by Stacy. That Stacy didn't come to bed at all, simply waving at Zoe and James when they reached the top of the. I could tell because his tail started twitching."Good. Because if you were to reveal any confidential information, you'd be taken away and held in a secure facility where you wouldn't be allowed contact with the outside world for a very long time."I looked at Brock. He'd just described Jeff's whole life at the Westchester School. Had he just made a joke? Except for a slightly deeper frown, Brock was doing 'unreadable' better than usual.Then I got it. I'd noticed the change in Colonel Brock's. Our parents did say in their day they didn't travel like that. People would be married first. I told them things were different now. I did take Becky and Bryan aside and told them I might ask Beth to marry me; would they have any problems with that? After all I'd only be divorced a little over a month.They were happy for me and told me they loved Beth and they knew she made me happy. I did tell them that Beth and I never talked about it and she might want to wait. I just wanted to know how they.