”Madisonhanded her log to Jada for inspection. Jada looked down at a very professional looking map. “Great work, Maddy,” she said quietly as she...studied the map. “This is really excellent.”Madisongave an odd smile, a combination of the pride in her skills with a bit of sheepishness mixed in. “Emily spent days with me on the Leophone while I was waiting for the kayaks. She taught me how to do this.”Jada nodded and returned to her duty of scanning their temporary landing spot. The landscape was. We were sweating by the time we got back to their place. And, of course, the A/C was not working right. Linda called the management but they would not get to it until the next day. It seems that lots of units were having problems. So Linda got out two box fans and got them going in the living area, while they opened all the windows and doors in hopes of some breezes. The girls went in and had a shower together to get clean, and to cool off. That was interesting, but I could hear them giggling. With Mike around, she didn't figure she'd come to any harm, so when the others in the lowlit crowded room began to pass the joints around, she freely let herself go and so, perhaps, took in more than she should have of the acrid, rough-edged smoke. She soon got the hang of toking, though, and while at first she was a little uptight about her dizziness and the strange way the stuff affected her sight and hearing, it wasn't long before she was comfortably sprawled out on the cushions and. I planned, I laughed, and I worried while I bounced along the uneven ground. If the weather was bad, or if it was just too hot to be comfortable outside, I’d spend the day watching television with Greatma. We’d talk while she sewed, or read the paper, or watched the soap operas. She liked the soaps, but she liked hearing about how I was, and about what I was thinking even more. When I was still in school, Greatma regularly inquired about what I was learning. It was special because I know she.