.. shake 'em around... alright, here we go, on three," Kelly said, positioning herself with a grip on the right boot."One..." Are you sure we can't ju...st stay home and fuck?" Yes, two..." It's not that I don't want to go out, but this has become a nightmare." I know, three!"The boot slid on as if it had never been any trouble at all.The two girls looked at each other and laughed."Halfway there!" Kelly exclaimed as she readied to do battle yet again.In the master bedroom, Margo and Carol were. Talrasia said, after a pause, "Oh... of course." Try imagining yourself with clothes on," Nora advised, still notlooking directly at her. "Be specific." All right... Wow! This is so cool!" Can I look?" Be my guest."Nora turned and saw Talrasia wearing an ankle-length elaboratelysequined blue gown, with puffy short sleeves and matching blue slippers."Let's go somewhere we can talk," Nora suggested loudly, and Talrasiafollowed her down the street away from the party."I'm dreaming and I know. The guardturned and started after him, but was unable to catch the sprinting figure,now several metres along the passageway lined with the cries and whistles ofprisoners suddenly aware of a beautiful woman in their presence.Heading for the main exit, Jack found his way blocked by a group of officers.One spoke enough English for Jack to convince them of the greater wrath oftheir commander if he was not informed of an escaped prisoner. Within minuteshe found himself before the hastily-dressed. Some of them, like signal flares, a horn, life preservers, make perfect sense. Some, like a required placard about discharging waste overboard, smack of bureaucracy at its worst. But since the Coast Guard can board you at any time and inspect for those things, we make sure our boat is properly equipped.And we’re off. A month into this thing, I wish I could say I am as familiar with our boat as I am with Mandy and Ben, but then I don’t sleep in the same bed with the boat. Still, I can handle.