..?" She talks in her sleep. Used to walk, now she talks." He flipped acouple pages. "These guys fanatics, or something? 'Monsters of science'?"Butter... sighed. "We don't know, sir. All we do know is that DetectiveMontoya put in a call to Homeland Security, and they told us to backoff."It was Harkins' turn to sigh. "Great. Tell Holly to get in here ASAP, Iwanna know what they told her." Butters nodded, then left the room.Harkins just set his cup of coffee down next to Charlie and prayed to. They’d not spent much time together but it was a warm evening and the conversation flowed well.My cigars took twice as long as cigarettes to smoke but they were patient and waited for me. Lisa lit another cigarette and this is when things get blurry. I can’t remember how the conversation turned but I was stood behind Lisa and told Andres that Lisa had a cracking pair of tits. She sounded suitably embarrassed but it was twilight and I couldn’t see her face. I put my cigar in my mouth and, still. One thing about Susan that everyone should know is that she’s an absolutely awful liar. Jim let this one go.“OK. I just wanted to let you know I was on my way home. Do we need anything for tonight’s barbeque?”“We’re all set. Grab your trunks when you come home. Sam and I will be out on the patio or in the pool.”“Having fun are we?”“You bet. Sam is great company. We’ve been getting to know each other and I think we’re going to be great friends. We should have done this a long time ago.”“No. It had been a warm morning and all I had on was my loincloth and the moccasins on my feet. I didn’t really stop for anything other than my webbing and my carbine. I was up and moving in a second. Gort was there right behind me, toting my spear instead of the one he’d had when I had first met him. It was obvious why he had it, and not the other. My spear was a lighter weapon for him to carry, even if it was longer. Gort’s wolf pup was close at his heels tagging along to help out.We ran. We ran.