He seemed satisfied, but told her to stay there while he lit the torch with a lighter. Once it was burning, he disappeared into the hole. He was back ...lmost immediately, telling her to come on.She smelled something odd ... musty, yet sharp ... mixed with the smoke of the torch, making her nose scrunch up. She followed Bob closely and found herself in a smallish domed cavity that she could stand up in, but Bob had to stoop for. The torch flickered weakly, and it seemed very dark. He pointed, and. He raised his body groaning in pain. Then he froze his eyes becoming accustomed to the light. It was the first time he'd seen the aliens. There must have been well over ten of the bugs skittering to and thro. He was just laid in the middle of the floor the metal coils now hanging into the tops of a silo, their contents oozing out. He knew he had no weapon, but touched were his strapped explosive had been moments earlier." Maybe they don't realize what it was?" he thought this openly not. ”A short time later, Shenla, Peldin and Torvin were sitting in the roughly hewn stone seats surrounding the Pit, watching Barrog and Garrun preparing for their fight. Barrog had stripped down to his loincloth and was casually swinging his heavy double-bladed axe back and forth. Barrog was almost nine feet tall and thickly muscled, but Garrun had almost a foot on him, and the monstrous Orc’s body rippled as he flexed and stretched, partly to limber up, but mostly – Shenla suspected – for show,. My readers, you must have also known Selina (Ray’s mother). She’s a real estate agent. We somehow conveyed our idea to Selina. She was ok with it and agreed to find us a place in a neat and quiet suburb.One day I invited Ray’s parents (Selina and Rob) to our home, and it went like this. They came in and sat on the sofa, and I was a bit tense and walking in front of them.Me: Can I offer you something like water, coffee, or wine?Selina: No, honey, we are ok. Why did you call us over?Rob: We are.