The ferry ride always gets me in the mood.

The salt air.

Above, just blue sky.

Below, warm tempting water.

I always wanted to take a dive and get lost in Earth's womb and incubate some more on the wonder's of beautiful earth.

'Snap out of it,' said Max. The ferry was slowing down and Naga, Batam's port town, was closing in on us, realer than life.

We wouldn't linger.

I was taking the long route.

We needed to keep this stealth.

'What's the hurry,' said Cindy. She had heard of Batam nightlife and wanted a chance to turn on Max and Frank.

'And I want to show you how loving twin sister can be,' said Novi.

Bintan island would have to wait. We were staying the night on Batam, I said to the girls, and that we could catch the early morning ferry to Bintan in the morning.

It was only a 90-minute ferry ride, I added,  'and letting down our hair  after two successful missions would do us the world of good.'

Max was licking his lips in anticipation.

The last big session we had was at the cemetery at Surabaya.

''All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,' said Max.

Tell Jack that, I said.

 I had a feeling we'd be seeing him very soon with his new recruit.

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