A big desk covered in massive monitors sat in the middle of the room, the center of all the chaos. As Charlie approached the young man sitting behind ...the monitors looked up, the light reflected from the monitors and in his glasses almost completely hid his eyes. As he stood up, Charlie could see how tall and thin he was too, the glasses, and the long hair in a pony tail all in all confirmed this guy was a pretty average computer geek, he thought to himself. "Hey buddy, I need a monitor, nowish.. Together, they'd done a lot of the fun things there are to do in the city: caught some great shows, visited some of the exotic clubs, and had a good time. And, slowly, along the way they fell in love.He met her parents during the summer of that year, when she'd invited him up to Hartford for the weekend. He got along all right, if distantly, with her folks -- it was pretty obvious they'd rather see her interested in someone with money, someone with some future in the business world, rather than. Well, her lovers eventually passed from the scene, though I didn’t judge them for that. Men and women alike, they were predominantly married or otherwise attached, a number of them were cheaters, and several were parents. While they cared for her, they had obligations and responsibilities that conflicted with caring for a sickly, ailing woman on the cusp of menopause who learned of her lung cancer far too late to survive it.I had two sisters, but neither lady seemed that eager to drop. You are almost family.”I heard a laugh as he fell in behind us. Sam glanced at me, “he is?”I smiled at her, “Jen?”Her eyes widened and I heard Cat chuckle, “he chased her and chased her, until she caught him.”It was from the Legate’s story and Elvan laughed behind her, “I heard that.”Cassy was quiet as we walked. On the fourth floor of the passageway I surprised them by turning towards the craftroom. When we came into the room I stopped and had everyone but Cassy wait. I led her across the room.