I sensed the man that approached behind me. He ordered two beers. I assumed one was for him and the other for a friend, but one of the beers was place... in front me. I turned around allowing the man to see that I was pregnant. “Sorry, I didn’t realise. I’ll buy you something non-alcoholic if you want.” “I’ll have a cranberry juice.” I said, accepting his offer. “So where are you from?” he asked me. “I haven’t seen you in here before.”“Nowhere.” “Come on, you must be from somewhere. Everybody is. Then he asked, a little more reserved in his manner: ‘How’s the reverend?’ Her smile faltered just a bit and she said simply: ‘Oh, we’ve separated. I’m on my own these days.’ ‘Sorry to have asked an awkward question,’ he said, sensing the sensitivity of the situation. She put an hand then on his arm and said: ‘No, dear, it’s perfectly alright, I know that you’re not being nosy, just polite. I also know that you never really got along with him.’ ‘That obvious?’ he asked. ‘Yes, dear,’ she said. Tradition is funny he thought since marrying cousins of certain type is common and many even married their own sister's daughter with full social acceptance.He was beginning to feel better and decided he would enjoy this new experience without any remorse. With a clear and relaxed mind he went to bed and waited for his sister to come. A little later his sister came in and closed the door behind her. She stood against the closed door and looked at him with a shy smile on her lips. It was obvious. It happened this way...Rachel, Cathleen, and Hannah were all on the ground leading small, targeted pickups of various specialists that colonies had requested. These excursions also let them extract a few specialists for the Harrad Colony. Having a list of needs from the various colonies greatly assisted in identifying probable needs for their own.While waiting in their ‘ready room’ should backup be needed, Michael, Patricia, and Naomi were kept company by Gingerbread, Carole, and Katie -- the.