PART SIX

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This man's a child, this man is old

Sometimes he's mild, sometimes he's bold

This man I love, sometimes in spite

I wish he would stick to his guns, or abandon the fight

But when he shines, oh when he shines

Yes when he shines, he shines so bright

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Sometimes a tramp, sometimes a dude

He changes colour just like a chameleon, can't find the mood

He is a song that's not easy to write

He is a moon in the morning, and the sun out at night

But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright

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This man's a gentleman, this man is strong

This temperamental man plays me along

But when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright

Yes when he shines, when he shines, oh when he shines, he shines so bright

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[When He Shines – Sheena Easton]

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[In this part, Jennings is to be imagined as British actor Richard Ridings]

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The smell coming out of the bunker was pretty rank due to the children having endured three days in close quarters with no sanitation.

Jayne put his hand over his mouth, “Ta ma duh! Cho yade!*”

“Poor kids can't help it.”

Everyone instinctively offered the children a mouthful of their own water first, before gently and slowly leading them out to the stream outside the school walls. The children drank first, then got into a pool in the stream to wash the dirt and other noxious substances off them. Vera, Zoe and Clarry helped with the washing part. Mal got onto the radio to the others to bring food and clothing. Jayne had got a big fire going by the time all the children were washed and they sat around it for warmth, stomachs happier for having had a decent drink from the stream. The children were assorted ages and ethnicities, everything from seven years to teen. They were all quiet, pale and eerily docile. Simon quickly checked them all over as Serenity landed, with a load of blankets. As the children sat wrapped up in the cargo hold, River dished out heated tinned soup. Jayne took a long electric pressure hose and put one end