Until I get there, understand?’The men nodded, smiling as they held the lolling figure easily between them, then they jostled and swaggered off down... the corridor. Watching them take her away the captain allowed himself a brief smile of satisfaction; Mrs Carol Hansen had officially left the country. A 25-year-old Administrative officer called Jenny Onawayo would be arrested at home this afternoon. Now the most pleasurable part of the investigation could begin.*****Carol Hansen woke up in. She liked being twenty five, her body had opted to stay there for a while in this new world.Her body still functioned, she still had monthly periods. It was one of the ways she kept track of time now, though there were seasons, they weren’t the same or as definitive. It snowed for three days and yet the flowers continued to flower, the air temperature felt comfortable, there was no need to dress in layers and layers. She had been talking to two elf-maids on the third day when it stopped and had. Claire and her k**s also headed out the same time as us and as I said goodbye to her I really hoped to get a message from her. On the way home I asked and teased my cus and Stacy about the guys they were with. Telling them they naughty girls. They embarrassly laughed as I teased them and then their naughty personalities came out as they asked me if I could buy them some alcohol to drink tonight after our parents went to bed. They asked really nice and I decided I would buy them some but not too. After that we would move on to a dinner, after which the President would say a few words. Then she was further down the line for the newest arrivals.After we were left in the line, John turned to me and said, “I’ve seen you with the cane a few other times as well. You need that all the time?”“Mostly just in the evenings. My knee stiffens up in the evening and starts bothering me,” I answered.“If you don’t mind my asking, what’s wrong with your knee?”I smiled. It was a common enough question,.