On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:40 PM, <<a href="mailto:subadai@mindspring.com">subadai@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">>About 10 minutes later (it seems much, much longer though), a thin<br>
>fellow in a light blue lab coat comes in carrying a data pad.<br>
>He looks at the pad, and then you, "Mr. Luchenko, just a few simple<br>
>questions before we start."<br>
>The questions rattle off quickly and without pause.<br>
>"Are you in general good health? Are you currently taking any<br>
>medication, prescribed by a physician or self-medicated? Have you ever<br>
>had Tasmanian Spotted Fever, Ikerlan Syndrome, Uniorb Complex or Boeak's<br>
>Disease?"<br>
><br>
</div>By that time Boris has achieved a bit of his normal calm. At least until the tech arrives. He answers "Da, nyet, not that I remember. Would be in medical record if I have. It matters? I could say , Da, if you like?"<br>
</blockquote></div><br>He looks at you with a slight smile, "My, my. You are a long way from home. What is your native language? To answer your question, if I wanted you to tell me what I wanted to hear, you would have been handed over to those heavy handed Navy types. What we are after is what you truly believe to be true. I am just going to help us both by assisting you to do so. As the old saying goes Mr. Luchenko, 'The truth shall set you free.' If you are just merely unlucky in your choice of shipmates, that may even be true in your case. Are you willing to cooperate of your own free will, Mr. Luchenko?"