"Anna accepted the bundle and unwrapped the cloth revealing her felldaggers, swapping them with the daggers in her back sheaths. She laid the plain da...gers on the cloth on the ground and left them. She took her position beside Aaron."Thank you for that," Anna announced suddenly and kissed Aaron's cheek. "I know it was probably hard for you." You asked to be the lead, so what else could I do?" Aaron replied and shrugged. "It is what you wanted. What you needed to do." I realize that in the end. We quickly got back to the truck and loaded the new rifles and each of us put on a vest. Only then did I rest a little easier. I backed the truck a little further off the main street and we went scouting.We walked around staying out of plain sight but not trying to waste energy hiding. I wanted to get a flavor of the area. We were headed back to the truck on a back road when I heard a click and a voice said, "Neighbor, I don't want to shoot you. Stay put." I had slung my rifle over one arm but. .Author's note; Guess my muse wasnt quite done with this yet...The next morning, Goruza, Emerald, and their new friend Milah had a biteof breakfast, then searched the cave more. While they looked aroundMilah told them about how the axe beaks had come into the cave through atunnel that came out in the fields nearby."Whoever made this place was pretty busy. I didn't get a chance to doany exploring, but i saw several tunnels while I was tracking thebirds." Once we rescue Besh, maybe we could come. "Isn't that one from a pair that I gave you?" I asked."Yes it is and I want the other one in my right ear in the same place." Anything else?" asked the tattooist."We discussed extending the tattoos. What did you decide?"I took a deep breath. "I decided that I would go ahead with it but thatI would let you decide. Anything as long as it is tasteful."Are you sure?" Yes." They went into a huddle. Then the piercings were done. Thingswere moving quickly.Ten minutes later after a conversation.