"Why are you whispering? Is it Tess?" Yes," I said in a normal tone. "That would be right." How about if I come over and we discuss this over lunch at...Chucky Cheese?"Oh. Yeah. I guess he's got the gene for selecting a kid distracting place. I wouldn't have thought of it. But then, I'm only ten years out of Chucky Cheese lunches myself.Sealy brought his kids, an 8 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. Tess was happy to see kids and happier to go to the game + pizza joint. The kids went straight. “Do you usually find the first time easy with new people?” I asked. “Well, what’s usually? It’s not as though we are doing this all the time. Only every so often, when we feel the urge for a little bit of excitement. This is the first time for about six weeks. And we need to feel we’re with the right kind of people - ordinary, like us” “But is it usually easy? For people who haven’t - well, done this kind of thing before.” “Most times, yes. We try to put people at their ease if they’re. )Yahiko: What?Tsubame: Yahiko, it feels like you've gotten a little bigger.(Yahiko storms off.)Yahiko: Go cry all you want!Tsubame: I--I'm sorry... But it really seemed like that.Yahiko: Really... Tsubame: You said you had something to tell me to cheer me up... ?Yahiko: You're so cheerful now I don't need to tell you.Tsubame: You're so mean... Yahiko: Well, you were so low before I'll tell you anyway. Now listen up! The truth is--(The ringing alarm bell stops him. Police officers are running. ’ The elevator doors opened, and Kithan walked inside, turning he leaned against the right side, a fingertip reaching out to touch the button for the 5th floor. He silently mused on Sarah’s inner strength that he’d seen on rare occasions, when she relaxed about people, when she felt comfortable with them. He smiled, even as the elevator doors opened with a, ‘ting.’ He walked out, and they closed almost silently behind him, except for the soft whooshing sound they made, he heading down to the.