"Would he ...? Can I ...?" Then she spoke aloud. "Well,Larry, we do get on fabulously, and you're the kind of guy I've alwaysadored, almost too cut... to be a guy -- I get a lot of teasing fromfriends who've met you. We're so alike, so incredibly compatible, wematch up in dozens of ways. But I'm not sure .... Though I bet ...!"Then silence. Her face registered a half-dozen thoughts too quickly forme to read any of them. "It's possible," she said, mostly to herself.She stared at me for a. Can you teach me some self defense stuff?’ she asked. ‘Sure, I can do that.’ I said knowing that she would never really learn anything. ‘Well it’s pushing eleven and I should probably get some sleep. It has been really awesome to talk to you again. Gramma is coming tomorrow and then next weekend Daniel and I are going to Cat City so we will see each other again soon.’ ‘Yeah, sounds good.’ ‘Well good night, Bear.’ ‘Good night.’I said and watched her walk up the stairs. It was time for the hard. She is older like me, and thin; I think it may be that there is no food, or not much.Yet she has given me rich broth, full with flavor, and more again. I remember she took none herself. Does she give me her food and go hungry? Why would she do this for one she does not know?But one who lives with so many wondrous constructs cannot lack food, I think, else she would trade for food.Nothing is sensible.Is the woman alone? Where is her man? Perhaps he hunts; yet no hunter would go in snow such as I. He allowed that he meant how did she come to be in Lincoln but added” since you mentioned the H word, can we talk until he gets here?” “Absolutely “she replied, “and probably after that too”. She said the last part with an evil glint in her eye that she was just then perfecting. This look has served her well for many years since. For the first time he looked at her as if he was not quite sure what to make of her or what she said.He may not have been sure what to do so he put out his hand as she.