He and his friends are looking forward to your visit and building on the mutual trust and relationship.” That was more of the coded diplomatic speak...that I had finally learned to understand.“Yes, I too am looking forward to my visit and working at expanding our mutual trust and relationship. My visit is going to be in 3 weeks; if he needs me to bring anything, he just needs to ask as I have plenty of room on the plane we will be flying over in,” I replied.“I have a question that I need to ask. Leaning against the wall, she steadied herself. What is going on?"What was that all about?" Sandra asked.Richard was staring at the closed door to the room as if he could see through it."I don't know. Maybe she's not okay." She looked like she was going to faint for a second there," Sandra said pensively."Yeah. Weird. She cut you off mid-sentence. That's not like her."Richard got up and went to the door. He peeked out the view hole, and then opened the door and stepped out. A moment later he. Well I was a bit high from the whiskey and I said ” actually I like to wear that when I sleep, it makes feel good and I sleep nicely”. “Ok no problem” he said.I was feeling very nervous after saying that and thinking how he will react, if good can I seduce him or will he refuse me to change into my girly clothes. After 2 minutes he said ” lets sleep now as I have to get off at Bhopal !”. “Is it ok if I change into girly dress ?” , sure no problem he replied.I thought he must have seen lot of. It was enough."We go," Ketna, elder of the Vulkai told her. Then he turned his head and howled into the mist and the night. He was answered through the dark. "We go," he said again, to himself this time, and ran then, to meet his brothers.The Vulkai came. Out of the Vale, out of the north, out of the winter wood, they came. South of Starhill they gathered, by twos and threes, by the dozens, they gathered until the Vulkai were several hundred strong. Only the youngest and the eldest remained,.