I checked in themirror and saw from his lights that he was braking,there was nowhere he could turn around so we continuedto the car park to wait for h...im.While we waited three other cars pulled in and, onspotting Dee, parked up to see if anything was goingto happen, one of them parked right next to us and thebloke kept looking across at her. After a couple ofminutes Jay pulled in and managed to park next to uson my side. He opened his window.“Good evening Bernie, good evening Dee. How are. This man will have to become an expert in the lives of native animals, so he is a very important part of the station, but we don't want a pure academic. We need a hands-on man who will be observant and careful. We expect him to be able to pass on to the academics his observations about what and how they eat, their social organisation, their hunting tactics for prey, or their methods of avoiding predation."You see what I mean, Hubert? The man who does this job will be important to the success of. The boys were out drinking last night and would be in no shape to do it this morning. Some of the main ropes need replacement as does the mainsail. The other sails are fine and should last another year. The hardware is well taken care of but one of the capstans needs some repair."When it looked like he was done, I said, "What would be the cost of a new mainsail and the ropes?" Juffa is expensive here because of the war. I'd say about fifteen drak. If we sail to Buseland we can purchase the sail. And on the other side, we have Carl, Pete, and Bruno keeping The Nameless alive and kicking. But guess who’s playing guitar and singing with them this time around?”The cheers grew with surprising anticipation.“That’s right, it’s none other than consummate ladies’ man, guitar slinger, keg killer, and Castle regular ... The one and only Skinner!”I could barely hear Skinner’s name, what with the earth-shaking roar that threatened to blow the twenty-foot tall windows out into the night. Lara and I.