They appear to be waiting for something or someone, it has been a good two hours since Sylvie and Paul had boarded the impressive but strange looking Klashnayev.  Paul is himself waiting for Sylvie to arrive in the cafeteria.  Paul feels really uncomfortable amongst these military types, even though they appear to be ignoring him, he gets the strong feeling they are watching him like a hawk.  Meanwhile Ed has the same sort of feeling that he is being observed, but he can see nothing. The Adventure continues.... Sorry but there's no advice at SciFiStories.co.uk about breaking bad news, just great stories.