" I snorted.Primly she sat at the other end of the seat, her skirt carefully smoothed and pulled down over her knees, and sighing quietly I turned to ...ook out of the window. After a few moments of gazing at the platform my eyes focused on the reflection of the compartment, I could just make out my companion in the none to clean glass, she was giving me a long appraising glance while my back was to her. A whistle sounded and with a jerk the train began to move, leaning back in my seat and tried. The boy was a heart-tearing reminder of his father, even from the way he stretched when he fell asleep kindly, craning his neck before it settled cosily on her chest.He had only been born the night before in a damp cave full of strident men, their endless, mirthless cacophony silenced by the sudden and unexpected cries of a child gasping for air and a mother suffering the pains of labor. They had turned and looked with astonishment; their croaks and hawkish, almost unintelligible cries had been. “Whatever way you want to play it,” he said quietly.“I am sure that you would be very good at playing that roll and enjoy using me at your will for your enjoyment under such circumstances, wouldn’t you?”“You bet your sweet ass,” he told her. “I think I’ll delay the decision on Alan for another six months. See how he shapes up under the new management.”Dawn stood to her feet and kissed him quickly on the lips. “Six months sounds fine by me. I’m glad we understand each other,” she told him. “Now. Both Sally and Paul were watching her, with their arms around each other.The crowd started moving again so Mary came back to me and I handed the two superhero leashes to her. She giggled and said that “Leia was trying to say something as I walked away, I guess she was looking forward to my fingers.” Pet and Laura stepped forward, with Pet unwrapping the leash so she had more length.“You might want to ask Peter and Sally, she might want the same treatment.”“Maybe, but I doubt it, I don’t see it.