The journey was a 45 minute commute for myself, and I started to doze off, more for the lack of oxygen, as it was being used up and replaced with the ...CO2 breathed out from all the passengers, all the windows were closed because of the snow, and as I looked about me, most of the people around were sleeping, even those standing.At one stop some people disembarked and a couple got on, at first I thought they were a couple, but later I saw that perhaps they were not, she sat in the seat in front of. “I haven’t decided if I’m going to bed or getting up.”“Well, it’s lonely here at this hour,” she responded. “There won’t be much demand for your stool if you just want to sit and talk.”“Couldn’t sleep,” he said wondering why he was drinking coffee to remedy the situation.“Old lady got you out on the sofa again?” She was making up wild stories as she went about her business of stocking the shelves. They’d been through the game before. It was fun and he could take any character he wanted to. It also appears that he has developed the osmosis technique." I thought you said that it wasn't possible!? That we were the only race that had that ability." The third council spoke up."I had thought that also, though it appears that the Cliveastones have it also." The doctor was deep in thought a few more moments then snapped his fingers. "The conclave offensive! Many went missing during that failed raid on them." Here the doctor turned to the first council. "As I remember your and my mates. A moment later I heard the chair creak. Then the bed shifted as he sat beside me on the bed. He put an arm down on either side of me and leaned over me, looking down. I smiled up at him.“It was wonderous,” I whispered. “O frabjous day! Calooh! Callay!”“And who is this boy? Do I need to take him out into the desert and stake him down over an ant hill?”I smiled up at him and reached up a hand to pat one of his bulging pectoral muscles. I left my hand there for a moment, delighting in the silky.