She simply walked up to Jonar, pulled his head down into a deep, lingering kiss which took the young cordach's breath away, and continued on to the di...ning hall. Myka and Kyftassa were watching Alyssa's retreating back so they didn't see a similarly flushed Illyana exit her room and stumble, dreamy-eyed, over to Jonar."We are leaving today?" she asked, her voice slightly quivering.Jonar looked down at her sharply, having gotten to know that note in her voice over the past two nights. "Yes. What. We'd just coughed up right at a hundred thousand dollars for trucks that, to be perfectly candid, were an extravagant indulgence on our part. I felt good, and I could see Rob did too.Sometimes, when a woman finds herself unhappy, she'll go out and buy herself a new hand bag, a dress, or maybe a pair of shoes. Let a man get unhappy, and he'll go out and buy a big, expensive, new toy. Mine even had two of those DVD players built in, for playing movies for the back seat passengers on long trips. I. Ben hurried off to get his new uniform.The uniform didn't look as bad on him as he feared that it would. It was made of a black cloth similar to satin, with hard blue armor over it, the black cloth showing through in non-critical areas, where armor wasn't needed or wouldn't allow for movement. The blue armor, although it felt like it was made of steel, was surprisingly light. He could still move around in it without any impediment to his speed."Hey," he asked the tailor that had just fitted him. “One night only, mes amis, we give the rides for free to all couples en l‘amour,” the ride operator replied. “And any fool can see monsieur… that you are very, very much in love.” Dan’s mind was filled with wonderment as he escorted his newfound date to the platform. He lost himself in the way her bottom swayed from side to side as she walked. Lending her his hand, he helped her up onto the ride, and they looked for mounts. The only steeds left open were the stationary kind – there would be no.