If not for his financial assistance, Noriko Yokoyama and her childrenwould be homeless in addition to being without their husband or father.The death ...of his friend had been bad enough, but now to see the Yokoyamafamily struggle financially, facing an uncertain future without theirloving husband and father, caused Zenji as much pain as the cancer thatwracked his body.As Zenji and his wife had no family or heirs, they had spent money asquickly as it was earned. What assets the retired. We had decided to let them sleep where they fell, and sort the bodies out in the morning. By three, everyone was pretty much out cold. I was lying there on the floor wearing only my boxers, because it had been hot and many of us had stripped down to our underwear sometime during the night. It was still pretty hot in there and I could barely see other outlines of sleeping, near nude, forms on the floor around me. As I was drifting off to sleep, I thought I heard someone moving around. Opening my. Grinder was coming with me as well. The big red beast was just too much horse to leave. Captain Matru gouged me ridiculously on the price, but I was content. I was a few months from my sixteenth birthday. Trunk had turned fifteen four months earlier. As far as the Academy and Arbor was concerned, we left as men.Trunk thought we were walking down to the dock, leading Grinder who had our gear in his bags, headed for a long and leisurely voyage to Demira, the city-kingdom where he had been born,. There was anotherslight pause, and I went on. “Why don’t we have a coffee and youcan show me properly?” “That would be nice” she answered;“is this place ok?” – nodding at thelittle café next to the steps, right on theSquare. “It’s ok, but the one in the Gallery’sbetter” I said; “A bit more expensive,but quieter”. “Sounds great” she smiled. “Lead theway!” We crossed the pavement and wentinto the Gallery through the Gettyentrance, which takes you straight tothe café and shop, and is.