There were couples scattered about the room, all in ties and dresses. The walls had German artwork hanging on them, few I recognized. Behind me was a ...shelf full of beer steins. I twisted in my seat to get a better look at all the colors and shapes.His voice made me jump. “They are all handmade in Germany.” When I turned Dr. Kirsch laughed under his breath, “Forgive me, I didn’t mean to startle you.”“No harm done,” I quietly said as he sat opposite me. “It looks like we are the first ones. We banked around to head eastward as we left the airport's airspace and I felt our climb ease towards cruising altitude. Before long, the fasten seatbelt sign turned off with a ding and the attendants stood to begin to help the passengers. I watched them work and watched how the passengers treated them. I liked to try to figure out the personalities of my fellow passengers by how they treated each other and the flight attendants. Some were completely absorbed in their business and seemed to. "It's not my fault my exam schedule gave me the day off," Ken said with a groan. "Besides, it gives me a chance to clean things up before dad gets home this afternoon. If I didn't have the day off we couldn't have spent one extra night in bed together." I know, I know," Mary said as she straddled Ken's stomach and leaned forward so her brother could reach her nipples with her mouth. The thirteen year old groaned as Ken sucked her left nipple into his mouth as he played with her other tit with. They only stared with as much acknowledgment as his father had offered. Eldrian turned back to the man buried in the bed. His hands shook as he took his father by the shoulders, released, grabbed again. The same question kept flipping through Eldrian’s mind. The grief beast tried to rear its head but it choked instead. ‘Who is Anahid? Don’t go, tell me! Father, tell me! I’m here! What did you want to tell me?!’ Eldrian gave the man a gentle shake. A harder one. ‘Who is Anahid?’ A hand fell on.