We need a doc, minders and sweepers.’ ‘Understood Alpha, dispatching requested personnel now, ETA….ten minutes to both you and Epsilon.’ ‘Su...ject, Val, Sigma and I are the only friendlies, any other possible targets should be considered hostile.’ ‘Support on the way, good luck Alpha.’ Michael slowed more than he needed to for the three lane dash to the offramp taking the Mercedes driver by surprise. Beginning his turn early and hard, Michael was already starting his controlled slide when the. I travelled with the driver in his cab an old steam driver who had converted to diesels. When I mentioned the family name he was shocked."Your dad is Reg Gilson?" Yes." I fired for him for quite some time. I am really sorry to hear your news. I'll let the others in the Link know, if you don't mind. I am sure they will want to know."He broke the rules and stopped the train at Saltley for me. I ran down the platform ramp to the track and crossed the myriad of lines there finding the gap in the. I told him that would be just fine: I allowed how I'd been raised by people who loved to cook, and it had rubbed off on me, at least a little.He was soft-spoken when we met, very polite and attentive, and as I discovered in the weeks that followed, perfectly capable of making R Lee Ermey sound like a Sunday School teacher (but that had nothing to do with this tale).I reported for work on a Thursday afternoon, a few minutes before four p.m. I was greeted by two girls, Cathy and Edith, students. We'd each only had alcohol a handful of times."Do you want me to pick up some beers?" she asked."Sure." I said, after a moment.She ended up buying three six-packs. Two of corona and one of mike's hard lemonade. All three of us cracked one open as the burgers started to grill and we went about fixing everything else up.By the time we put the leftovers away we had each had three drinks. Both Sam and I really liked the mike's better but neither of us would admit it. Having no tolerance to speak.