‘Wow this is really excellent. Could you sign and date it please. I shall always treasure this.’ Rosie winced, thinking that sounded like life aft...r Rosie. ‘Come up to my studio loft. I ought to use the same crayon to do that.’ ‘Do you have any self-portraits painted in the nude?’ Rosie was appalled. Why couldn’t he accept her work as the work of an artist, an amatuer but nevertheless of a woman who thought herself as an artist, without having to introduce sexual connocatations? She felt her. As I said before, I've lived in this city since I was five. On the other hand, if you're talking about this apartment, I've lived here for the last ten years. You can ask any of the neighbors about that, if you'd like." Both men's frowns grew deeper. "Obviously, neither of you..." "... is who we're looking for." "Maybe if you told us who you were looking for, then we could help you find him or her somehow," bubbled Charise. "I always try to be very helpful to others." "We can't tell you. " Chad's humiliation reached a whole new level as hefelt her rubbing over and over again at the skin under his left eye."There. That's better now. If you're going to wash it off, you'd betterbe more careful." Thanks," Chad replied sheepishly."So how come?" she asked again.He opened his mouth to try to say something, but there were no words. Hecouldn't tell her about any of it. "I don't want to talk about it," hefinally said and then rudely pulled his chair back into place and satdown. " Certainly, Sergeant Chuang, and that is probably a good thing since you will be able to take me to the Camp Commander, and you will know where the area is that he assigns us," I agreed, but needed to adjust how I was addressed at least in private."Also Sergeant Chuang, you may address me as Guardian or 'Master Sergeant' when we are alone or with Chanthra (I used the title in English as the Siamese Army didn't have that rank yet). Chief Ranger Trainer is much too long a title to be used much.