It looked like some kind of exclusive country club and it was clear the ship was designed for people to live in without being troubled by the complexi...ies and workings of a space craft. We held tightly to one another, tip toeing through the pristine, spotlessly clean interior with its mood lighting, swooping corridors and luxurious communal areas. We listened intently, but the place was ghostly and silent, save for the distant breath-like murmur of the ships massive twin hydrogen drives idling.. There’s a guest room downstairs we can use, or we can stay here. Nobody will bother us in either place.”“With all the floor pillows and throw pillows and tapestries and the oriental rugs, this room is like something out of Arabian Nights. I think it’s cool!”“It’s actually more Indian than Middle Eastern, though the rugs are actually Persian.”“Why Indian?” she asked.“I was dating a girl from India at the time, and I wanted a place where she felt comfortable. This is actually my favorite room in. Ted shook his head, “No, they had troops under the truck canopy with MG34s waiting for them. If it had been the normal crew in the Jeep Bill would have bought it. He’d had an eye infection, so Sargent Haney replaced him.”Shaun and Tim sat stunned, where are Bobby and Bill now?” Shaun asked.“Flat on their backs getting some well-deserved sleep,” Ted murmured.As the men from the patrols returned from leave, they were given the news. It had a dampening effect on the Oasis. The men were unnaturally. Now we are sure."This time it was Igwanda who spoke. "Sure of what?" he asked."When you come here this time, you know that we have trouble with ourselves," Gagugakhing began. They both nodded. "It is new kind of trouble we have, a trouble we never have before. It is you, Igwanda, who make us to find an end to this trouble, but not before we do that which we think we could never do. We break trust with you. We make shame in ourselves for that." But is that not precisely what you intended to do.