“Thank you young one,” the elder told him. “The fact that you show respect speaks much about you.”“It is only the way I think everyone shoul...d be. I apologize again to all here if it embarrasses them.” John replied. This was again met with several more gasps.“Yes well, it may take some time for them to get used to. All humans before now have been rude and unaccommodating.” Granle told John.“That’s really a shame as your people are very decent.” John replied.For a third time there were gasps from. Hamlin and General McClellan, then? Is it not national?”“It has national results, but it is a conglomeration of state contests.”The conversation wandered. Jenkins asked what the plans were after Mobile was reduced. Butler declined to answer.Grant’s staff and the War Department in Washington claimed their plans were secret; everybody else said that the army would turn on Montgomery. A month previously, Alabama had been almost untouched, a stark contrast with the other Confederate states except. Now you can go back to sleep."Soon he was snoring, and I was waiting again. My waiting was rewarded maybe an hour later, when a female officer whom I had not seen before came to check on us. I had taken off my jacket and hidden it behind one of the drunks. My shirt was also out of my jeans and my hair was ruffled. I made a gesture towards her and talked quietly when she came closer."Good morning, officer. Look, I'm Bill - William Collins, and I'd like make my call. I'm sure you can check that I. I locked the door and took my clothes off.“Wow you move fast,” he said. His name was Geoff. He told me he worked in software and he had a long story about why he’d been in town for a while. I pretended to listen and pay attention. I still needed to work on engaging people and actively listening. I really wasn’t interested in hearing how his wife left him and how lonely he was, but he told me anyway. I pretended to care about his story. To me, it was a step in the right direction. Amanda would.