“The dragon!” Steven exclaimed. “I can see the smoke from his fiery breath.” This set the melon farmer off on another fit of laughter at the n...iveté of his companion.“That is not the dragon,” he laughed. “That is the town of Lastford. That is where I take my melons to be traded for the goods I need for the next year.”“The next year?” asked Steven. “Do you mean you live here, but your village is on the other side of the river?” He began to get very excited. “Then there must be a way to cross the. "Brick breaker gets intense sometimes." He smiled while staringintently at his phone.I went to my desk and sat down near his brief case while he finished hisgame. Taking a quick glance inside I could see what looked like a scaleand a measuring tape. One small folder sat below them, but this briefcase seemed way to big for just those things. They must have beenrattling around in there when he walked."My other brief case is full of church material," he said as if he knewwhat I was thinking.. "She twisted the knob, and was surprised to find it unlocked.Then again, the other people in Henry's home were synthetics; he needed but a few words to keep them in - or out of - any place.The instant the door opened, the reek of human waste hit her so hard it nearly gave her a headache. The smell alone would have made her hesitate, but the room was also pitch black. The darkness stirred her fear, too many bad memories hinged on blindness, and her legs felt as if they were made of stone."Master. " "Where are you staying?" "At Helen's Bed and Breakfast. It's a nice place and the room isalso nice. I've had better and I've had worse." "Why don't you stay with us? We have three empty bedrooms and youwouldn't be a bother at all. Then we could do some of the things wedid in college." "Tell about you and David. What's he like? What does he do for aliving?" "He can be a pain sometimes. He inherited a ton of money when hisparents died in a small plane crash while on safari in Africa.Right.