“I’m Darby”“Darby? As in Will’s ‘friend’ Darby?”“Um...yes”“I could have sworn you were dead, you were in the obituaries in the p...per you know?”“I know, the reverend wanted me dead, I couldn’t turn Will in to him, so he left me in the desert to die and -dammit! No! look here, I know were Will is, but you have to leave now, and be as quiet and-”“You!” Brook yelled as she and Lisa walked towards the front door, “I know you had something to do with this!”“What? No! I had nothing to do with. Yes Sir.” Rick held the mic with Johnny, “Before the Captain, I was flying our 445 at under 60 miles per hour. I didn’t know what it could do. I certainly didn’t want to hurt it.” Everyone in the audience stood and applauded.The General looked to President Tripp, “TRAINING!” The President had seen and heard training many times. He smiled and nodded. President Pusin was also laughing.“The Space Force is no longer a toy General; you have shown you can do the job, better tools and training are. I’m teasing you… you’re laughing… I’m getting salt water up my nose… not that I care. I bring you to a small peak… no orgasm… just the beginnings of sweetness. I look up at you, you slide your body down from my arms and we kiss… together we taste salt water, musk, spices. Time to eat. We walk slowly toward the beach and arrive at the cabana wanting to taste everything in sight. Lunch is fabulous. Paté, cheeses, fruit, a delicious, light white wine, nothing is left out. The breads are exotic and. This was suddenly a strange land. We skipped lunch and drank sparingly of our water. In mid afternoon, the land fell away and the burned area ceased. For a number of miles, the tops of trees were still burned. We were tiring, particularly the girls who were used to riding in a wagon and not walking. Finally, I called a halt for the day. We made our camp for the night among some trees and found a creek close by. Red took his bow to hunt while everyone else gathered wood for a fire. Jerry and.