"When she climbed up into the goat I dropped the back curtain for some privacy."It wasn't me Mickey, she..." I don't want to hear it Deb. You have bee... on a tear ever since we lost Jimmy. You know losing him wasn't your fault, so why are you going nuts on me? Are you that horny? Am I going to have to trade you to the other team so you can get your ashes hauled?"I knew the indicators for her being frustrated. I had known Debra Stretch for a long time. She arrived in Turkey just after I did and I. And to the men's surprise, while they all stood there, Ariel just continued slowly stalking her way up the walk as if she didn't even see the men who were standing there trying to stop her.The men couldn't miss the look on her face and they all felt a chill run up their spines. They weren't really sure that they wanted to be anywhere near her and her strangely glowing eyes.Some of the mages held staffs and they all started calling out to her telling her to stand there or stop. But she seemed to. Would a man knowingly downsize his forces if he knew he was going to need them shortly?) That meant there had been plenty of experienced officers to choose from, and it helped that I gave the most qualified applicants tours of the ships while they were still in drydock. That piqued their interest as they were so modern and unique. I then had my choice of commanders as well as executive officers. They, for their part, talked to their fellow officers into filling in other officer billets. A few. Therewas a couple of lads that I was very fond of. I was oneof about a dozen mechanics, & there was over 150drivers. We all worked together & everything wentreally well. Some evenings a few of us just sat on the beds in one of the tents & just talked about whatever.Sex if I remember was not a subject that came up veryoften, although most of us were quite frustrated, at leastI was.In the evening in Cyprus when the sun goes down, itis really dark. The entire camp of course was brightlylit. One.