Derwen's family had a long history of dealings with the marsh people and their poverty hit a soft spot for her. The Galit's village traded furs, fresh... water fish, and cord-grass for winter use on her mule farm on Convey. She provided crafted metal products and an outlet for under employed young men. A marsh mercenary man's pay often found its way back to the village to help provide for the extended family. Hajin mentioned with the large loss of life at what is being called the, "Wizard's. ' I gave him the weirdest straight guy look I could give. Zach was a guy, he was metro, at all. So I gave him a straight look. Logical sense. Right? I guess not, 'Oh, sorry. Never mind I guess.' He said. I responded with 'No, no. it's all right, I just don't get guys who comment on my underwear all the time. It's cool.' He gave me a nod and a smile. And I immediately wanted on, and questioned his sexuality. 'I'm going swimming after school today, you have gym this semester too, right?' Zach. Alice also spoke eloquently about what she’d been like before loosening up, and what that process had been like – leaving a comfort zone that hadn’t fit her very well to find a new life in the open marriage with her husband, sister wives, and intimate friends, both male and female.Alice emphasized to Taylor, “You are not under any pressure to adopt our way of life – our lifestyle, if you will. We were merely making you informed about how we live so you wouldn’t freak out the first time you saw. We looked up and saw a woman sunbathing on the front patio lounge bed on the patio just above ours. We noticed her when she sat up to get a drink from her water bottle. She was young and quite attractive. She was topless and when she turned over to lie on her stomach, we noticed she wasn't wearing a bottom suit either. We got to our room just as the maid arrived wanting to clean our room, so we said we'd wait out on our patio while she cleaned. We got outside and went over to our front lounge,.