A very pleasant older woman there asked them to wait a moment, and soon they were joined by a Legionnaire, who was obviously a soldier. Kru could reco...nize that this man was trained in war, just by watching him walk."Good morning Major Sweet, its good to see you again. Captain Kru, my name is Cyrus Poole. I'm here to take you to the meeting with Spirit Master McKesson."They shook hands, in the manner of Earth, and in the blink of an eye they were standing on a raised porch, outside a large home. Then we looked for Nancy, she was sitting on the sofa talking to the police while holding an ice bag against the side of her head, her other arm around her children.The police asked us to leave but Nancy said, "NO, Please! They are my friends," Marsha just looked down at the floor and was tearing up.The whole left side of Nancy's face was bruising up. Her face was swollen and her eyes blackened, she didn't look very good. While she talked to the police the paramedics told us that she was beat. "Out in the real world you have to accept how it actually is." My brother learnt that lesson out in Africa," Mike said. "He went out to dig wells in Sudan and a twelve year old boy soldier blew his head off with a Kalashnikov." Oh my," Gordon said. "I am sorry to hear that." I'm not making that mistake," Mike said.Gordon looked down on the dots of headlights as they wound through the veins of the city like little glowing ants."Soon you'll realise, as I did, that you're not here through good. ? ?Well, better you than me, babe.? The two women did whatthey came in for, and left holding their informative sheets. Almost immediately two more women came in, and did not seemsurprised to see me. i guessed that the first twowomen told these two to go see the show in the bathroom. These two were obviously bikers. They wore leather from neckto toes. ?Holy crap, girl, that?s why you wear this shit.? One admonished,indicating her leathers, ?But you didn?t get that fallin?off no bike.? i.