A faint smile touched her mouth. "I didn't realize it showed."

He grinned and shrugged.

"My name's Jana," she said. "Jana Corby." She was trying to ease some

of the natural tension between strangers.

"Bob Ryder," said the tech. He stood and waited for her to make the

next move.

"My father--" she said, and for the first time, some of the tension

behind her eyes flowed over into her voice. "My father was one of the

miners. He was on the morning shift. The day the men didn't come home

was the day before my wedding."

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