So what do you want to talk about?" I sat and thought for almost a full minute and then began "Kim, I have overheard some of the kids in school ponder...ing the thought that you never go out on dates. I mean that at your age of 16 most girls, sorry, young ladies, go out with boys on dates to do fun things. Romance should be alive and well among your classmates. Social interaction is important to your character development." She replied "Dad, I get to do all the fun things I want with you. I don't. "No Sam, no you're not."My brow furrows, "But I-"She shakes her head as best she can, a melancholy smile on her lips. She brings her hands up to circle my wrists. "I could've stopped you. I could've said stop. You stopped when I took your wrist." She squeezes a wrist lightly, as if to remind me. "But I didn't."And I'm feeling things again. Painful things. Big, angry stabs in the heart."Then why-"She shrugs, a little self-deprecating laugh escaping her. "I don't know." She shakes her head, "I. "Sid, these are my older brothers Gang and Ochre." I shook both men's hands. Ochre looked to be in his early twenties and Gang looked to be a few years older.The two men were like peas in a pod and were the spitting image of Trunk. The Trunk I'd first met three years ago. Short and scrawny, just like Trunk had been.Those observations got put on hold for a moment, there was one more Gurmot to introduce."And this is my twin sister Fell."In those stories we read, back at the Academy, the histories. He sent two radiograms."Sent one to your bookie, I see. Do you do that often?"He turned brilliant red and looked up. "You read code?" W8PSY."Starting in 1951, Ham Operators, Amateur Telegraphists using government authorized Radio waves to transmit signals to other Amateur Telegraphists, in the states have call signs issued by the FCC. Before the Feds stepped in, call signs were issued according to 'fist' speed (Fist speed is how fast a person can transmit Morse Code) and state or area of.
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