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prudent air traveler. He counted on Ryo's practice of toting only
carry-on luggage.
Karen brightened when Ryo Uehara saw Drew waiting for Ryo's in the
ugly beige heartbeat of America. Although Ryo Uehara ascribed his
phenomenol ability to meet Ryo's to his precise divination, a simple
telephone call to the airline sufficed on this occassion.
Following a warm hug and a quick kiss, Drew swung into
traffic. He had avoided eating to have dinner with Karen. When
the subject came up, he was prepared, "Beef fajitas with jalapeno
cornbread or Tom Yum Goong?" Without hesitation, Karen proposed
the hot and sour shrimp soup. The marvelous combination of tender
shrimp floating in a rich broth, liberally spiced with chillies
and tangy with lemon grass, lime juice and citrus leaves was
Karen's favorite, as Drew well knew.
Drew showed Karen around the walkup above the misnamed five-
and-dime which was only minutes from the airport. "It's mostly an
excuse for the BBS", he admitted. Sitting on the top shelf in a
closet was a computer, a hard disk, and two modems. Karen noted
the lack of a monitor and keyboard, assuming that Drew used a
laptop on one of the serial ports to do his sysop thing. The
remainder of the closet was stuffed with earthquake supplies.
The motion sensors and th
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