22 RESOLVE
The five remaining companions had been up for about three hours, taking advantage of a lull in the emergencies that life seemed to consist of these days. They knew that it was only a brief respite, and they needed to milk all of the peace and quiet they could get out of the lull while they could do so.
Thursday April 18, 2019@ 12:00 PM
Everyone was starting to get the impression that time was short. Sooner rather than later, they would lose, or they would win, or the situation would force them to move on into unknown circumstances.
Just because they could, they were defying the inevitable by spending a few domestic hours enjoying the preparation and consuming of a meal that was tasty and perhaps a bit unusual, a fusion of cuisines that ordinarily did not combine. Ian had coo
