” Stephanie said weakly, waving.“Steph!” Megan exclaimed, bounced up off the mattress. “Where the hell were ya?! I looked everywhere for you! ... was so worried!” She advanced forward, moving to envelope her friend in one of her usual bear-like hugs.“No no,” Stephanie called out in sudden alarm, retreating a step and raising her hands, “I, uh. I probably smell. You know. I was down at the convention this whole time.” She thought she’d get used to the stink, but it was stronger now, fumes seeming. Aran could sense them all as his vala flared and stormed around him. He felt a measure of surprise, somewhere in the back of his awareness, when he spotted the several women around the camp who seemed to be trying to get the Goblins to continue having their way. Here one grabbed at a turgid shaft, there one got to her hands and knees and presented herself to be taken.Aran knew what this was. He’d read books on Darkspawn at the Temple; Goblins secreted a fluid from their skin that rendered their. He kindof looked at me funny for a few minutes, and then Iguess he thought, “What the Hell, we’ve just suckedeach other so he must not be a cop.” He said, “Out inmy car. You want to go out with me?” “Sure,” I replied, still whispering. “If we can pick upwhere we left off here…” He just grinned and raisedhis eyebrows slightly and nodded.We zipped up and headed for the parking lot. They keptit unlighted, for the sake of privacy I guess.. This is a no-brainer, and they’ll move fast to build a case and make arrests. No, this won’t be like Josh. We might not see anything in a few weeks or even a month, but in a few months, there will definitely be a big movement. We just have to keep out of sight, and more specifically, keep your head down, till that happens.”“So, what do we do?”“We don’t do anything. You keep avoiding them, and let us get the info into the right hands. If they take the case, and we think they will, you’ll need to.