"She would and I hurried with my cleanup. I walked into the galley fifteen minutes later and apologized for missing lunch.Katherine waved it off as sh...e continued to set food on the table. "You were working. Sam told us that you get like this, you keep working until you're done."Anna walked over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "We did miss you, though. Did you get your repairs done?" Yeah, ended up replacing a comm relay connection and wanted to test the panels while I had it open. Found one. Jen gestured to the bottle. “But you’re drinking now?”“Azamel’s helped me find ways to sate my hunger, so it’s under control. Mostly. And...” He shrugged, grip still on the bottle’s neck, and he tipped it side to side, gently sloshing the contents around. “You know what I’ve gone through, in a sense. But at the same time, you’re willing to do something I’m not. I wanted to know why.”“Ha! Why? Cause I’m a fucking idiot, that’s why.” She took the bottle from him and gulped down some more. Burned. More likely, she stood me up. Even more likely, she was just messing with me the whole time." I paused briefly, before offering up another observation. "Ever since I arrived in this life, I've been wondering how I ended up in that open field. Now I know. What could be more fitting? I was in search of cheap, tawdry sex."Inez giggled again, said "You're a guy," and resumed tickling me furiously.August 18, 2007The dreams ceased at that point. They were, if not completely forgotten, at least pushed. “Can I help you?”“No. Yes. No. Look, it wasn’t my idea!” Jesse blurted.“What wasn’t?”“You know!”“I do?”“I gotta go!” Jesse dashed from the shop.The lights came on behind Audrey’s eyeballs, “OH!” She made to dash after him, but Jesse was long gone and all she managed to do was almost lose her place in line.Audrey was full of the news when Diane got home. “I saw one of them!”“One of who?”“Those guys!”“What? How? Which one?”“The white one. He came up to me in the coffee shop – I think he wanted to.