But only if you really don’t look.”He repeated his promise that he wouldn’t, and they finished their stew and cleaned up in peaceful silence.Leo...removed his shirt before slipping beneath their furs after adding two more logs to the fire. He watched Malkyn brush her hair methodically, the long, lovely tresses growing well down her back. When she stood from her seat the fire, he didn’t roll away, but instead buried his face into their pillow. He felt her look at him and decide it was safe to take. As soon as I opened the door, Kyle pushed past me, holding his hand over his mouth and charging straight for the bathroom. Me and Shannon exchanged amused looks as my roommate could be heard puking his guts out in our bathroom. "Seriously," she began. "You really should have talked to that girl." I just shook my head. Shannon was always trying to hook me up with girls on our little outings, but for the most part I end up talking to her. It was like she was just one of the guys. I could talk to. I had little time to react before she jumped up and wrapped her arms and legs around me. She squealed loudly in my ear and I had to grab onto the counter to keep from falling over. “I’m sooooo happy to see you big brother! It’s been so long!”“Uh, good to see you too Meg. Mind if I catch my breath?” “Oh sure!” she smiled and unwrapped her lithe body from my frame.I turned back to the counter and grabbed the wooden spoon I had been using to stir the iced tea. I had come home early for summer. I couldn’t remember the name of the stream, but it was the stream passing north of modern Locri. That meant it was located two streams north of this Locri--assuming that the courses of the streams hadn’t changed drastically in the ensuing twenty-two centuries. I didn’t recognize the current name of either stream, so that didn’t help me any.Day 74We broke camp shortly after daybreak. The soldiers were used to rising early, as was I. The two surveyors tasked with verifying the mine, however, were.