We arranged to meet the following week in my hotel.It was a long week but eventually I was alone in my hotel room getting ready for Simon as he had as...ed. I was to dress in more leather, the same trousers and cowboy boots as last time, but this time also a black leather shirt and matching waistcoat topped with a double breasted leather trench coat. At 7:30 pm Simon texted me to say I was to meet him under a bridge over the canal just down the road from the hotel in 15 minutes. Once again I. "That fits pretty well with what Sergeant Tweed found at Man-Namlet," the Major said, as Tweed entered the tent yawning."I'll let him tell you in person," the Major said."Tell what?" Tweed asked, surprised."Your adventures of this morning," the Major answered."Oh, those!" Tweed answered, as if he had forgotten about them already, and didn't consider them important."After we returned from stacking the bodies by the river, I was sent off in the chopper to find the site the mortars used last. Small, handheld lights and even larger flood lights.Last and certainly not least, they had night vision goggles with a rudimentary infrared capability that would be invaluable for working or moving around at night.All things considered, they were well supplied.Kat would have traded it all, at that moment, for a working Comm unit that would allow her to reach the ship that was supposed to be in orbit.As they ate, Kat explained what she had found in her data search at Mabel's. They agreed that it. "It was getting on for dusk when Moira Lys, Mirri and Secoweya returned to the 'van. They found Hap alone and he explained Tetonka was sleeping it off. Quickly, Moira Lys explained what Secoweya told them and Hap gravely nodded."That adds up," he said."Apparently girls are left pretty much alone until they have their first period, then everything changes," Moira Lys explained. "While the boys go off on something called a 'vision quest' the girls are all but locked up until husbands are.