I didn't bring up DJ's story, even though he asked me about my weekend, though I did pay more attention to him. I had to admit, if he wasn't a vampire..., I didn't know what he was.The weeks passed and January bled into February. Connor had started sticking closer to me since that weekend, like he was afraid I'd vanish or something. He'd taken to occasionally brushing against me as we walked, his eyes lingering on my face at odd moments and touching my face when we parted. It spoke volumes to me,. The Picana and the power supply would be discarded, too. Shame there was no river nearby to toss it in to. My laptop was fully encrypted, so I’d keep that. Booting it up the wrong way would take you to a barely used Windows installation, so I felt safe travelling with it.I’d have preferred to do this next bit at night, but time was against me. I really wanted a shower, but there just wasn’t time. Half an hour after I had loaded Musa into the car, we took off.“Destination?” asked K-T.“Riyadh. "Recon birds are showing multiple landing ship separations."Jackson looked at the time display on his monitor. "They're earlier than I thought," he said. "Much earlier." Yeah," said Sprinkle. "At least we can be pretty much assured that they weren't laying disinformation on us about the landing sites. Most of the troops are still in Libby and Proctor, aren't they?" Most of them," Jackson said. "The first trains just left, although the bulk of the 12th and the 16th's APCs are on them. There's. We were out on the highway with lots of heat and lots of dust for company.I could tell Marty was suffering. I had a bit of a hangover, but Marty's was much worse. His was a mix of alcohol and God alone knew what else. I didn't like to see him suffer, but I had no sympathy for him. Even worse I was going to have to tell him it was time to reset the relationship gauge to friendship. If he took it poorly, then the trip would disintegrate quickly.We rode the new improved bikes up the very slight.