He seemed pleased to see us and had to show us the special wagon. It was finished, except for a final coat of paint and it looked like a million dolla...s. Andy and I both bounced around on the seats for a while and they felt like they would hold the ladies nicely."So, are all of them going to be ready by the first?" I asked."They're all ready now, except for a final coat of paint on this one." Okay. We have to check to see if our oxen are available, but as soon as they are, we'll pay you for. Setting it down upon my pallet, I notice that she is still standing at the door. “Talhrana, friend most venerable, would you care to join me? There is far more food here than I alone can eat.” “Nay, my child, the gods bless you a thousand fold.” she says quietly. “I have my duties to attend to.” I am disappointed but I understand, it is her way to obey as it is mine to rebel. She reaches into her pocket and draws out a heavy, dark object. It is a key. A key from whose loop hangs a silken cord. "Juan James will be researching my life in the New World and my lengthy sojourn there. He will author a book starting with my early years in the church. You have all the clay tablets that I made and wrote on. Also you have the verbal record passed down by the Chosen Ones before you became chosen yourself. You will recite to this son, by Maria, just as you learned it. You will lead him to all of the written documents and the substantiating records in the office of the town. He will publish all. As she made her way to the bathroom, leaving her sleeping boyfriend in bed, naked but for the duvet that rested around his hips, she ran her fingers through her waist-length blonde hair that had gotten knotted while she slept. She turned at the door to the bathroom and admired the sharp broad shoulders and strong back that never failed to get her hot and bothered whenever she saw him topless. Kate turned the hot tap on the bath and put in some bubble mixture and looked in the mirror, large.