I will make time, later, to answer any of your questions. Just be patient with me.”There was some grumblings; but all in all, the people in the mess...hall let it be. I did have to take a few minutes to explain myself to the locals. While Kim and Dunbar had stepped in and they had translated much of what I had told the others, the locals were at a total loss. They had no reference point to latch onto in relationship to time travel. The moment I stopped talking English to my people, they hit me. We were sitting at a table in talking about my performance when, surprisingly, she brought the conversation around to the subject of masturbation. When she started talking about it I was quite embarrassed and found myself sweating. I had always thought of her as a strict, no-nonsense kind of person, as she went on I was aware of her as a normal human being with desires like everyone. She talked about how lonely she was since her husband was working in the Gulf and comes only for a month every. "My dear young lady, will you have a drink with me while you wait foryour taxi? Out here and at this hour, it will probaby take at least anhour for it to get here..." Off course, feigning timid shyness, iaccepted his offer on the term that he would get me 'something sweetand strong', whilst i coquettishly fluttered my false eyelashes athim.So here i was, all dressed up as a sexy young diva from a 1950'smovie, showing myself off to this sophisticated elderly casanova,shivers of excitement. Since receiving Doctor Abrams' pronouncement and having the security scare on the same day, I had felt a little like an alien in my own life. The sadness, coupled with the worry about the mob, had taken the shine off of our trip, wonderful though it was.Our crew had performed beyond the call of duty, and I had an envelope full of five-thousand-Euro debit cards to distribute as tips at the end of our cruise. Their professionalism, coupled with kindness, transformed a boat trip into a magical.