"Well it's about time, did you fall in or something?" The smile he wore shifted to concern as he saw his little sister red-eyed and sniffling."Oh my g...d Anne, are you okay? Were you were crying?..." he said"Yeah, I'm fine...it's just allergies." She lied. Badly.Kevin opened his arms to her and said knowingly. "Ugh allergies...well, it's a little known fact that my hugs are a very powerful antihistamine." he replied.Anne gratefully accepted the offered hug and crossed her arms over her chest,. It must be after dark by now, and it’ll take us at least an hour to get back to camp. Let’s go find the others.”“They’re on their way here now,” Leena said.Sure enough, a voice called out, “Ellerie?” and Corec, Bobo, and Treya rounded a corner.“We were just about to head back,” Ellerie told them.Bobo exclaimed, “We found an armory! With weapons!”Ellerie’s gloom lifted. “You found something? What was it like?”Corec said, “A lot like the room we found in Tir Navis, if it hadn’t been emptied.. Dr. Tina noticed. "What?"Tommi tried to dismiss her concern. "Nothing." Not buying it. What?"Tommi sighed. "Because I feel ... normal getting a gyno exam, does itmean that I'm losing my male self? Am I getting too comfortable beinga woman?" That's not my specialty," Dr. Tina answered honestly. "You'll have todiscuss that with Rachel."She turned her attention to the exam. When she completed the intimateinspection on Tommi, she let her drop her legs, and wheeled out theultrasound machine. . “You remember Mark Sodle? He used to come in my window and spend the night with me, that’s when I learned not to make any noise when I have sex. You were next door and Mom and Dad were just two rooms away and I didn’t want you all to hear.”“Mark? Then you must have been what, 17?”“No, 16. When I was 17 it was Jerry Carmo. Him and me fucked like crazy in the back of his pickup, he had that shell on it and inside it was like a bedroom.”“Did you make noise?” I asked jokingly.“No, and that bothered.