“This is fine.” Jake said, as he poured a small glass of Merlot. She led him into the living room where he own glass was. She took the disc out of...the DVD player where it had ejected itself. Not wanting to rush him off, or encourage him to stay all night she just turned on the Christmas music in her CD player and sat on the sofa.“So how is work?” Joanne asked. Jake shrugged in response.“It’s work.” They chatted briefly about his new job then Jake leaned in to kiss her, catching her totally. I heaved a huge sigh and when I went up to my front door, it was flung open and my mother grabbed me, hugging and kissing me, as she pulled me inside. She quickly filled me in on dad’s condition. The heart attack had been a bad one, caused by too much stress, no serious exercise and poor eating habits. She was determined to change all those bad habits. My dad meant everything to her and she wanted him around for a long time to come. Before I went to bed I asked mom if there was room in the. Yup, that's what she called me. Dan-Fart. I fart a lot and my name is Danny. So guess what she calls me... I went into her room and looked around to see if she needed my help to move something. My sister came into her room after me and sat on her bed. She then just sat there for a while while I stood wondering what she was thinking."Look, um." She took a deep breath, then quickly stood up and started to take off her shirt. She was wearing a small white bra which she also took off as well. "Sis,. “There’s a courtyard with a hot spring running close below it. It melts the snow above. There are a lot of buildings nearby, and not too many trees.”“Then that’s where everyone should go first, so the tracks lead where we want them to go.”Two hours later, Corec, Sarette, and Ellerie were standing on top of a tall building that had a partial view of the trail leading to the ruins. Corec had had to remove his plate armor so he could carefully crawl up the crumbling stairs, but he wanted to see.