.. I'm sorry Vishi."Vishi had thought she would never cry again, but tears now misted her eyes and she turned to her other friend."Anserk, please talk... to us. Whatever they did to you, don't let it come between us."The former lieutenant turned her head and for one brief moment stared deeply into Vishi's eyes as if she were about to reply. Then, the moment passed, her eyes grew cloudy and unseeing and she looked at the far wall.Meena went back to examining the exquisite vase, turning it over and. "Well, I suppose we should go shower, I'm kind of sticky down below and I need to clean myself up before we add to it again," she teased and we got up and went in her bathroom where she reached in and turned on the water.We stepped in and she handed me the soap and I began washing myself when she said, "No, Ray, the fun is in washing each other, silly," and I blushed at my stupidity and began soaping her. She turned the water off and I got the front of her all nicely lathered. I know it seems. A tear still trickled down her cheek. I reached across with my napkin and gently dried her eye. She looked up at me directly then.“He’s gone,” she said flatly.“Did he leave a note?” I asked. She pointed at my plate. Under the dome covering my dish of oatmeal was a small envelope with my name on it. I somehow didn’t think it was a get well card. I opened it and read it over.“I don’t know what I was thinking, Dag,” I read. “They’ll hunt me for as long as they think I can be found. I certainly. “My wife and I will stay here and train you and 400 of your men to become teachers if you would like.” Tony offered.President Pusin looked to John, “Why is such a task assigned to such young people?”“Because they can do it, where perhaps no one else can.” John gave President Pusin a big smile. He then looked to Skut, “We all have talents and gifts just a little bit different than anybody else’s.”President Pusin thought on this for a minute or two, “What is the step after that?” President Pusin.