She never seemed uncomfortable with my joining them before.When we got to the river, Sandy insisted we go further down from our usual haunt to a more ...rivate location. We had always enjoyed the company of other beach bums, so this was indeed a bit different, but we all just looked at each other for a second and away we went. We settled on a spot that was very private and laid out our towels beside each other before the girls began stripping down to their bathing suits. I always swam in the jean. But this was certainly the first recorded journey it was aware of that Miklit's people had taken in this direction. They were normally such 'homebodies' that their presence here was an extreme departure from their standard behavior.The questions raised by this new data were: where are they going and why?While Miklit's pilot punched up the navigation program to confirm the ship's position and orient the ship for the next jump, ZZ-1340 was receiving new orders from The Mind also. Since the craft. So much more civilized and comfortable. As Iflushed the loo and crossed to the dressing table I noticed that therewas a selection of make up in a glass try on it's top, and so I usednail varnish, eye shadow and liner, mascara and blusher and a gorgeouslipstick called Damask Luscious. Staring at my reflection I becameintensely aware of how relaxed I was feeling and of how naturally mytransformation from the man in the bar to a middle aged woman wastaking place. I felt totally at peace with the. ‘My one cousin used to ski in the show, I would always drive her while she practiced her swiveling.’ That was half-true—I had sometimes done the release line, but someone else was always driving. Now she was thinking. She would normally have at most a half-hour of time on the swivel when sharing turns with friends. Here, she could possible swivel for the whole afternoon—if we had the ski. ‘I swivel, too. Do you have a swivel ski?’ She asked. I told her the truth: ‘I would think so, my cousin.