If I had paid attention I would have known Treeya was awake because both pups, Dugut and Nugut had quickly scurried away to greet her."Hmph," Sheel re...eated, "So a little early morning..." but then she stopped abruptly in mid-sentence. I could only guess that she had spotted the tearstains covering Roya's cheeks."Roya? What's wrong? Are you all right?" Sheel asked with concern in her voice, as both she and Treeya quickly closed the distance and comforted Roya."Thank you Sheel. Thank you Treeya.. “It’s a mess.”“Yes, it is. And we only see what’s on the surface. We’re going to go very slowly. Don’t want to damage the prop.”“What about the hull?”“Industrial barge, babe. At the speeds we run, we could hit Titanic‘s iceberg and survive. That propeller, though, that’s our delicate spot.”She snickered. “I know where YOUR delicate spot is.”“Tease.”“Nuh-uh. Teases would tell you things and then prance off and leave you hanging. I do NOT intend to leave anything hanging, except that cute thing. Advise your destination.”No one said a word about what this could mean. We knew it was a serious situation and we needed to find terra firma quickly. The captain determined that the nearest airport was 400 miles behind us in Gander, Newfoundland.He requested approval for a route change from the Canadian traffic controller and approval was granted immediately -- no questions asked. We found out later, of course, why there was no hesitation in approving our request.While the flight crew prepared. It was a little damp because the storm that affected us at Penn the day before had moved across the whole northern half of the state. We ran our first pass around the three-mile course slowly to make sure our footing was good. But then we took off on a second circuit and stretched out our legs. Most everyone else had left by the time we completed the second 5k.“I’m so impressed with the way you’ve mastered your stride,” Nanette said. “When I first met you, I didn’t imagine you’d ever walk.