General Brubaker and his aides met Rear Admiral Kitchens via helicopter, and had a meeting to discuss their combined resources. When they met, Kitchen...s outranked Brubaker by being an O-8 to Brubaker's O-7. Brubaker did not disclose the additional forces that had been arriving almost daily, nor about the underground system. Brubaker simply let Kitchens know that he was welcome to take on food, fuel and provisions, before heading back to sea, as the Admiral made it known that he was going to. "From behind a mountain of books in the back of the store, a chestnut-haired young woman in a sleeveless yellow sundress popped up. She looked inquisitively at the customer, then skipped merrily up to the counter."Yes, chief?" she sang out melodiously."This gentleman is looking for the means to be young again," the shop owner replied. "Show him what our magic can do. Make him feel young, just like you."With that, the old proprietor shuffled off to attend to the inventory Dannie had been. No response comes from inside. I text my mom to see if she is not home. My good friend Maria is next to me, she taps my shoulder, "Dude, I will check what your mom is up to." She surries through the garden door and returns after a few minutes giggling. She whispers, "Dude, come to my house, your mom is doing stuff that is private." She declines to answer any more questions. I head to Maria's home and we both read a good novel. I get a text from mom to come home. I enter my house to see the. But that’s what dad talked about whenever we were there. The old days, as if he’s like ancient or something. He’s really only 40!He told us last year on our camp out, that back before the WCG, you couldn’t hop on a transport and fly to Singapore for dinner like I do every Friday and I believe him, so we can thank the World Community Government for that too. Dad said that even a trip to Los Angeles was a pain, let alone going overseas.He said there was even places, back then, that you couldn’t.