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“Our only rule was, utensils had to be used on the food and not each other”
“Are you sure about to the conversation back to work Even in these sus, the specter of their chosen profession was never far off
“I’ve been craht not be ready to lead a Responsivist revival, but I can more than hold my own in a conversation with one of them I have to adets How anyone can believe that an alien intelligence from a parallel universe can control your life is beyond me”
“It takes all kinds, I suppose,” Juan said He’d always believed that as long as it didn’t hurt others, people’s belief systee “You know that after e did to thehtened alert”
She nodded “I know They may not even let me in, but it’s worth the risk”
Juan was about to respond when four people appeared at the dining room’s double-door entrance Julia Huxley wore her lab coat, as always, while, flanking her, Mark Murphy and Eric Stone had cleaned theh the tails of Mark’s shirt were sticking out Eric’s naval background had given him a sense of deportment, but he was clearly uncomfortable in his clothes Or perhaps it was the fourth in their party that made him uneasy
Julia untied the scarf fro any part of the ship, other thanher a temporary reprieve from the infirmary, but had insisted on the blindfold Janni wore a borrowed dress froic Shop, and, despite her weakened condition, Juan could understand how young Masters Stone and Murphy could be so vexed She was a lovely, delicate woue-tied Now that she had lost her pallor fro, her normally dusky complexion had returned Her hair was an obsidian wave that swept off her head and across one bare shoulder
He instinctively got to his feet as they approached “Miss Dahl, you look beautiful”
“Thank you, Captain Cabrillo,” she replied, still trying to get her bearings in the room
“I apologize for having you blindfolded, but there are sensitive parts of this ship I couldn’t have you seeing” He s match to be the one to pull out Jannike’s chair
“You and your crew saved my life, Captain I would never question your wishes” Her voice and accent had a charrateful to be out of bed for a little while”
“How are you feeling?” Linda asked
“Much better Thank you Dr Huxley is able to control my asthma, so I have not had any more attacks”
Eric won the honor, so he got to sit to her left Mark glared as he circled the table to take a chair next to Linda
“Unfortunately, there was astaff” As the words left Cabrillo’s mouth, waiters, led by Maurice, on’s chief steward blaaffe “So Maurice, “they were under the impression you were from Denmark rather than Norway They had wanted to make some of your native dishes, but we have a traditional Danish meal instead”