Shortly, a nurse came and escorted me to the deck. Coastguard chopper was on the flight deck, and Reed and I wereboarded. We left the Navy vessel and ...anded on Oahu. Formost the trip, Reed looked at me without saying a word. Iknew what was on his mind, but I avoided any conversationas I stared out the window. I could not yet grasp the factthat I was pregnant, and it had taken me a while to realizewhat the doctor had meant when she told me that I needed tomake a decision about the baby."Dude!". ” He didn’t tell her that the friends were prostitutes that worked in a bordello he’d been visiting for years. “He will do the procedure for $1000.”Stunned at the cost Myra asked how she could possibly pay for it. Copley said, “I’ll pay for the abortion, and you will pay me back.” He explained that by paying him back she would never feel like he had paid it as charity.“But how will I be able to pay you?”“Not in dollars Myra.”He explained that he had never had children and had always looked. The next audience, the Queen declared, would be the last of the morning.And so Catheryne was surprised to see the man who walked in."Presenting..." The chamberlain's voice hitched for a moment. "Erm. Excuse me, Your Majesty. Presenting, the Chosen of Kyrei, Heir to the Ebbs and Tides of Magic, Mage Kenneth Tilmitt. Err. Of Seneca."Catheryne had to consciously prevent a double take as the man walked in. From Seneca? It was known that Kenneth Tilmitt was one of those fearful creatures who walked. The names were familiar, but a street V1 knew that cut out of the neighborhood to the main thoroughfare turned out to be a V3 cul-de-sac. It was very confusing and my mind just shorted a lot of it out. I started thinking about my story.I’d read Maass’s book and loved the idea of character development. I’d started to jot down notes about characters I thought would play an important role. I’d not gotten as far as names. I had names that were more functional than real. Pilot, engineer, captain,.