. Well, you're just this nice, friendly guy ... I watched Mom and guys. And Gramma and guys. And I thought that it wasn't always the guy. And I'm not ...om or Gramma, so I thought maybe you weren't the guy. And I'm not Mom or Gramma, so I mean, you and me..." You're an interesting person, Lee. I don't have a lot of friends outside work. Only relative I have close is my brother. When you acted interesting and interested, I wanted to be your friend." See," she said. "That's how I saw us. Friends. I. How had time gone so quickly? He was sure that he was there for only a good 15 minutes, not 6 hours! He shook his head pondering, then headed off towards his room. Hed better lie low for a few hours before speaking to his mother again. The next few days were pretty ordinary, aside from the fact that his parents now both believed he had been wagging, he went to school a day later claiming that he was still on holidays. He didnt even think about the device he had bought until 2 weeks later. It. George Carpentier, and indeed all the English speakers, are performing translation duties. His Shona wanders around after him somewhat at a lost.The Brigadier comes down from his rooms upstairs and offers comfort to his soldiers. The Captain, though, chooses to remain in a sulk, ensconced in his apartments. He's playing cards, I'm told, with his Askari guard. Such strange behaviour! How can he remain unconcerned when some hundred of his men lie suffering below?Such of the men that are able to. "I took a look at Shelby State Tech. I didn't fit in there. That's all numbers 'n gadgets out there, anyway, thought I'd smother me to death. So I got in this Federal program. Yew know, skills development." She chuckled, "Welfare's what it is. Like ever'body else in the Courts. But I just started at th' Academy a little while ago. Part time fer now. Crafts."I said, "That's wonderful. Some very good teachers at the Art Academy. That's a charcoal pad, isn't it? You work with charcoals?"Her eyes.