Did his men care not at all? Or was their sense of duty overshadowing their other emotions? That remained to be seen.The outlook of his army, he deeme..., was a professional and determined force ready for action. But some of the units though required special attention, because of their special nature and their special abilities.The men of the vaunted Thorax regiment were still trying to put on their monstrously over-sized armor; they were huge burly men encased in thick sheets of plate metal,. Actually, I was a little scared someone would see me asa man in woman's clothing. But I wasn't as apprehensive about going to thegrocery store. There are all kinds of people in grocery stores, old people,pretty young women, some not so pretty women, and a few men. I put myselfin the not so pretty woman category. Also people don't look at each othervery closely in grocery stores. They are to busy scanning the shelves forthe food items or looking down the isles as they push the grocery. My relatives said they were happy to see the end of maverick. Her friends seemed happy for her.We gradually settled. I went back to surgeries and she to be the best housewife of the neighborhood. The two pregnancies in 2 years were proof of our sex life, but a factor V mutation resulted in mid-pregnancy deaths. I tried to console her. I put in the next 2 years keeping her mind of reality. At the end she reached a kind of normalcy. She couldn't agree to adoption, I didn't agree to surrogate. She shops for him. And Josh prefers it that way.Vikki parks outside some unknown flat building and Josh undoes his seat belt, offering Vikki the end of the leash when she opens his door. She smiles and takes it, tugging lightly."C'mon," she says. "You can walk but you're staying on the leash. I'll let you off when we get to Dan's flat."Josh follows Vikki, the leash pulled taught to keep him from dragging behind. They take the elevator. Someone else gets on on the third floor and kind of gives.