"That's just it, I don't know what it is," I admitted. "I think it's all of it. The Task Force, Scarborough, breaking into my office. You almost being...killed, watching a man die. I had never doubted you before. Once I started to doubt you, I can't seem to stop. That makes me doubt myself. It makes me doubt us. I've wondered if you would have gone through with the plan to pass defense strategy to Jane if you hadn't thought she would tell me. I wonder how far you would have let Scarborough go. He asked me a few general questions about myself, told me that younger men, like me, rarely coped with this kind of work. But, he added that anyone recommended by Sadie must have something to offer"And I do have some clients who ask for... -something younger." His small eyes glowed as he added, "There is a test which all new applicants must go through: a suitability trial, if you like."He stood and walked to a large mirror on the sidewall. I followed him. He dabbed at a couple of switches. We didn’t get close not wanting to spook them, but I knew we would be lookin’ soon.After we explored we took out a pan and each of us hit a section of big creek. I went upstream and he headed down. We met at camp at the end of the day. Zeke was pretty bad disappointed. He’d found color but nothing to brag about. I just grinned and handed him a small pebble.It looked like any other rock until he rubbed it and a dull yellow gleam appeared. He looked up. “This is the real deal?”“Yep. I found quite. Changing firearms was on the agenda too. The faux M1 they'd sent with me was fine, but I had my own rifles here now too, and I decided that I'd rather have the Marlin 336C in 35 Remington with me. I was more familiar with it.With the Marlin in hand and the Glock on my web belt I was off out the back door. I wasn't really expecting to see anything spectacular and even if I slipped up on something edible I wasn't going to shoot it. I still had plenty of meat and today didn't seem like a good day.