And I want you very, very much."With that, she took my hand and led me aft to my cabin, pushed me inside, and shut the door behind her. I must admit, ...t did feel good to be out of the wind. She quickly lowered the shades on the windows to give us privacy.Then she walked over to me. I was about to ask her what she had in mind, when she put her finger to my lips to shush me, before answering my unasked question anyway."Don't say a word, and don't do a thing. This is for you. And for me. I need to. You think you can manage that?” he asked once we were outside. I nodded. Carpenter’s Walk was notoriously crowded with long wagons carrying everything from tree trunks to planks to finished furniture and the draft horses would be tired and bad-tempered, but I liked the smell of freshly cut wood and sawdust. The small market was open all week, one of the places where those living in the Craftsman’s Quarter could get fresh food. The monotonous “tock, tock” of our canes gave the walk something. In the end, we decided that each of us would pick one movie, and the other wouldn’t know what we picked. We both made our choices, and wrote them down. We decided that the movie I chose would go first. I chose an adventure/horror flick, something with car chases, explosions, psychological thrills, but a happy ending and a minor romance. As we watched, we were both enthusiastically rooting for the good guys, and in the scary parts, I would cling to him, hiding my face in his strong bicep. All. " Now where have I heard that before?" Clare muttered and then clearly "From memory, they have an awful lot of bulk carriers."TJ closed the discussion leaving it still hanging"And we still don't have any idea what or where."TJ felt frustration.The obvious assessment was a Chencon invasion into the Perseus arm taking over the Junction but even in their weakened states, the locals would make any such venture costly. But the planning for the Chencon build-up must have been going on for the last.