Tharin had moments of amused interest in the ship's performance, I felt a passionate need for the sea spray on my face. This ship was an achievement, ...a herald of future, fast trading vessels. Coven took pleasure in reviewing our ship's form and he knew that without his workshop's floats we wouldn't be launching so soon.Crum was the adventurous type and had asked to join us on the test run as marine security. However Tharin had laughed and said, "Someone has to be responsible and stay behind in. “Perhaps you are right mum that we shouldn’t have done it, but we did…and we can’t undo it” “I know we can’t undo it…but at least we should never do it again” “Can I ask you something mum?” “What?” “Did you enjoy it?” “That’s not the point…you took that poor girl’s virginity in not too a nice way… and a girl losing her virginity is something that she’ll remember all her life” “I am not asking about Vicky… did you enjoy it?” “Whether I did or didn’t is neither here nor there…” Mum was getting. It had an address and "couple houses down from yesterday. Eat light cuz they plan on filling you up. Jax knows"I was almost done with my burger when another text arrived "maybe pass kinda hinkey Jax says" and that was it. I texted back to get the gist but Tyree was silent. I sent a text to Jax and hadn't gotten one back before I went into work.On the way out a text was waiting from Jax "Go do it - you know you love BBC, these are BIG fuckers" followed by "get over this I ain't gay shit -. The work resonated with the Alberto Giacometti’s Tall Man and Walking Man sculptures yet displayed the undulations of nature and environment working and weathering strong and resilient men and women.The love of humanity and beauty is so obvious, my breath catches, and I move closer still. The man follows and walks to me. He glances at my hands now stroking the sculpture and he smiles again, his eyes crinkling at the corners. I start to warm in spite of my soft sundress flowing loosely around.