Though severely weakened, the West was able to surprisingly put up heavy resistance that managed to drag out a war that was predicted to last little m...re than a year at most, to 4 long years. By that time, the still economically powerful but extremely unstable China had fallen under the strain of war and even they quickly fell under the control of their once allies. Whether it was sabotage or their own failings is not known even to this day. While they had managed to put up a valiant defense,. It was like naming a baby, I guess. For a while Ithought I was going to explode because I didn't like attaching any girlsname to myself. I finally settled on Suzanne Elizabeth.PETERSON (off camera): Any significance to that name?TALLAN: Suzanne just sounded right. Elizabeth was my grandmother's name.I didn't want to accept a new name but I didn't feel like I had achoice, so I went with something I knew I could live with and eventuallyaccept.PETERSON (off camera): Have you accepted it. .. say nothing.”“And hope for the best I suppose?” she asked.“Hmm, I s’pose so,” he nodded. Looking accusingly at him she pointed at his chest and said, “So where do we start the muckraking from, when you started screwing around or when I did?”“Whichever was earliest I guess,” he said.Nodding slightly she said, “Which was what, three years ago, or was it four?”“Not sure, about three and a half, or perhaps nearer three and three quarters or thereabouts, for me that is,” he said, “What about. It was a busy day in the shop, lots of customers, but Susanne was there all the time, looked at everything and pulled out books and leafed through them in the reading corner. I realised she wasn’t here because of a sudden rise in her interest in art – it had to be because of me! This somewhat excited me ... I’d never noticed any interest of hers in me, and she hadn’t much caught my eye either. She was of medium height, had blond hair, small eyes, very full lips, laughed a lot ... a likeable.