DeClan said silently "you look like that cat of yours ready to crouch and spring, I'm sure she isn't going to hurt Tabby" Zara gave DeClan a guilty sm...le and went over to the food tray and poured herself a cup of tea then chuckled watching him trying to figure out how to drink his coffee while Mal was licking his neck, Zara set down her cup and took Mal from his papa and handed him to Christopher "just don't let him bite you" then went back to her cup of tea watching Mal and Christopher stare. He and I havebecome fairly close over the last few weeks. At this moment I probablyknow him a lot better than you do," Brenda replied."I wish I had a picture of the two of them all dressed up. They are justas darling as you can imagine," Nancy said looking to the most distantcorner of the room. Brenda gave thought to the fact that her sister-in-lawmust be totally unhinged.A door was heard closing upstairs and then the flush of toilet. A minuteor so later Shelly had started down the stairs when. ..”“Thank you. If it means anything, I’m flattered, Tara.”“You should be,” I quipped. “But I didn’t know I was competing with the pTerridactyl.”“Yeah, that’s kinda the thing. She IS the pTerridactyl and she informs me that said status means she’s really a hundred and fifty million years old.”“And I don’t doubt it,” I said.“You know you and Derek are always welcome to join us for dinner or whatever. We never do anything alone, just me and her. One of our rules.”“Yeah, well, Derek can hardly be. "He opened his mouth to argue but she narrowed her eyes and frowned. Realizing he couldn't possibly win he just sighed and started walking up the dock toward town. With a little harrumph, a nod of the head and a sly smile Nesho shouldered her pack, gestured to Sosho and started walking behind him. Sosho looked around nervously, adjusted her own pack and ran to grab Dent by the belt and followed him like a pack mule behind the lead horse.The wood of the dock made way to the cobblestone of a.