"Maybe I can climb this."He watched, intrigued. This creature was different. Different from his faint memories of those before. Different from ... him...elf? Or was this a memory of how he had been? He did not know. It had been so long since he had thought of the time before this, since he had even remembered there was a time before this. All time became one, marked only by..."Now, let's see..." Its body faced the curved stone wall. The stones were old. Worn. Slippery. Uneven. Moss grew on the. Before I began a song, I would explain what that particular song meant to me and how I felt when I created it. I finished my set with, ‘I want to learn a Love Song.’ Before I sang it I talked about Angel, my one true love. By time I was done, I suspected about half the audience was in tears. I’m not sure if that the ‘half’ number was correct, because my eyes were so teary, I couldn’t see very clearly and had to be helped off the stage by the lead singer of the next group. After I got back. Barbara you have got to be out of your fucking mind! If you ask Tim and he agrees I'll watch the kids for you while you on your dick hunting trips. I'll even wash you car, but I won't leave you alone with my wife ever again. With that I turn and headed back to the BBQ.Jeff was talking to Karen, Jane and a few other wives. The guys were by the grill wait for me to come back. Tim was the first to ask what I though of the whole thing.I said, Tim if Jane tries that shit, I'll be out the door before. Ludmilla Baranski had decided to go back to her given name of Petra Allen when she was not on assignment. She’d gotten used to using Ludmilla, but liked the idea of being able to compartmentalize between Ludmilla and Petra.Petra had been with Robert and Steven for the better part of six weeks learning how to shoot. She’d had many long days and nights. Petra had been exhausted the first week from wearing body armor and a helmet. But her muscles adapted and eventually she barely noticed it any.