"We'll camp here."The darkness had crept upon them almost undetected. The drizzle had slacked off, but clouds still hung heavy and a chill wind blew u... the hill from the swamp."A poor place to camp," Kargh muttered sourly. "I'll see if I can find us some dry wood."He disappeared into the gloom, followed closely by Bartan. Muted axe strokes echoed, and they soon reappeared with armloads of half rotted wood that must have come from some ancient snag. The moss that trailed from some of the pieces. .. You should trythis. Anyway, what's next?"Mitch eventually managed to tear his attention away from her chest toexamine the rest of her body, considering what to change next. Noticingfor the first time the fine hair on her arms and the hint of stubble onher legs. "You could do with a bit less body hair overall," hecommented.On Julie the change was subtle, but glancing at his own bare arms hecould much more easily see the difference as the sparse tangle mostnoticeable on his forearms seemed. There were a couple of Important Questions that I needed answers to as fast as possible.As soon as Appleby Castle was docked at the Northside Training Hub I took the transporter back to Jupiter Station, where Ellen was waiting for me. I even told Ellen that I had an emergency to deal with and couldn't go with her to celebrate my return yet. While I waited for Admiral Sykes we had a good talk about what she had been doing while I was gone.She said that she had been asked by some of the other. I ask him this and he makes a face as if I have asked for 1 of his kidneys, after seeing this face and the effects of the drinks earlier I laugh, he breaks into a laugh with me. I pat him in the back and we get to this restaurant, we eat to our stomach’s full and again the bill comes, he again asks to pay for his part and I refuse, he feels again that I am not doing something right, but I let his protest ride off and ask him the plan for the rest of the evening, I look at my watch it is 1 am.