.." Oh. Oh, shit. How bad is it?" Eddie Ray stood looking from face to face."It isn't," Lucy replied. "It's all cool." She wants to hook up, Eddie Ray...-- not just hang out. And she's good with ... sharing..." Nicky explained.Lucy scooted over a bit from Nicky and patted the seat between them. Eddie Ray diffidently settled there. "I was trying to figure out how to tell you without seeming like a total slut." Leaning up to talk to Nicky, she asked, "Wow! Does he always smell this good sweaty?". As they drew closer, Paul made out the shape of something black in the brush. It was a Black Bear, and it was crouched as though to pounce upon them! Paddling back into the current, he drew the other rafts together and hollered to the boys that they would have to navigate through the Class 4 waters. The trip that began as an interesting float down the headwaters, was now a struggle to merely survive.As the bear saw them getting away, it charged into the river towards them. This uncharacteristic. I'm just setting you up for some fun."Once we were outside and down the sidewalk, Mom pulled up short. "I want you to have some fun. I want the best for my boy. But listen here. I'm going to be frank with you. Have fun. Fuck yourself silly with these girls. "My eyes went big and round."Come on, Davey," she snorted. "Fuck is in my vocabulary too. As I was saying: have fun, but don't you dare take it seriously. Don't you dare make it serious. Don't be bringing one of those creatures home to meet. Maybe he figured that by crowding them together they'd look like a larger force. Or, it would be harder to pull a weapon."I told you before," Don replied, calmly. "They were going to get a missile lock on us. It was either take them out or face the same fate as Garon." His eyes focused solely on Sean, but Sean noticed Kine, leaning against the wall behind Don, eyeing the mood of the room. Must be nice to have a giant like that at your beck and call. Sean was starting to get pissed."Not good.