He is not the sort to imagine strange things, nor is he the sort to waste time on analysis of that which can not be understood. He continues on his w...y, navigating the slow waters which take him downstream. It is not till another bend is rounded that he sees her again, this time crouching on a large grey rock protruding into the river, underneath the cool shade of a large tree. He is actually a bit miffed this time, because he had been considering tying his raft to this very rock, but her. The death of his mother wasn’t a surprise, but it was a shock. He had, like his father, clung desperately to the belief that she would recover and be his mother again. Now he knew that could not be. She was gone and the pain was deep inside him. Andy was here to help him, but it wasn’t the same. She was good to him and she understood, but it still wasn’t the same. She was only seventeen and he was fifteen. She wasn’t old enough to be the new mom. Joanne sat by herself, absorbed in regret over. “She has no details of where I asked you to put it or how big it is!”I laughed hard, and so did Clarissa.“You are BAD, Tasha Vasilyevna!” Clarissa declared.“And Mishka will be reminded just how bad I can be once we finish eating and you go home!”“I believe I remember,” I grinned.“Are you SURE, Mikhail Petrovich?”“Suddenly I think I should be scared!” I exclaimed.“You should be!” Clarissa said, mimicking and paraphrasing Yoda. “You should be!”We all laughed, then finished eating. Clarissa helped. “Look, “ he said, “the requirements are clearly laid out. This has cost us time and money to diagnose, time we didn’t have with the upcoming release. I don’t care about blame at this point; this needs to be fixed and ready for testing by Monday morning our time. Can you do that, according to what I’ve already laid out, or do we need to do it ourselves and reevaluate the tasks we use you for?”The team lead on the other side could sense Adam’s frustration, it seemed, and responded, “Yes, we will.
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