.khair.kya log-ge .chai..coffee..colddrink.”nothing mam.kuchh nahin”sharmaao mut..tumhe kuchh na kuchh toh lena hi padega”ok.cofffee”bus abhi ...laati hoon”phir mam coffee le aayeehmm.lo sumit..coffee lo”thanks”bisciut bhi toh lo”nahin mam, iski zaroorat kya”sumit tum bahut shy ladke ho..khair humne kya baat karni thi”mam aapko toh pataa hi hai ki mere english mei kaise marks aate hain”hmm..mere khayaal se tumhare 11th class mein 50 se zyada marks nahin aaye”yes mam….aur highest marks 95 tak aate. A couple of days later and my recovery was coming along well - although I still had a broken leg to all intents and purposes - I had a metal plate and screws in the leg after the surgery and was wearing a sports brace. I couldn't stand on the leg but it was to pretty much immobelised and I was getting about on crutches. It was about half an hour after dinner and I was in bed without the sports brace when in walked an auxiliary to take my tray accompanied by Julie, the nurse from a couple of. "You there; state your name and purpose for being here." I am Lt. Cmdr. Arthur James Atwood of the Consortium Space Forces and I am here because my navigation computer failed and this is where I came out of jump space. Might I come down and speak face to face with you?" Step down Cmdr. and present yourself."I lower the lift and step onto the surface of the planet. The landing area is packed hard and is not concrete as there are no expansion joints. It is one solid piece and almost looks like. As soon as the bell rang indicating both class and the school day wasover, Chris got up and walked to where Nadine was getting up to leave.He wasn't quite sure what he was doing and was acting more on impulsethan anything else."Who is that boy?" Chris leaned over and asked Nadine, gesturing toTommy as he picked up his own school bag. "There's somethinginteresting about him..."Nadine looked at Chris for a moment, then at Tommy with an expression ofcuriosity. "That's Tommy," she responded.