When I backed away he said I just wanted you to check for me that last dude bit me a little. I looked down straight it this monster of a black meat, a...d yes he did have a slight bite mark. I told him he was right and he asked if I would put some cream on it for him that he didn't want to go to the medic's with this. I started to apply cream to the bite as he began to grow I looked up and said don't you ever get enough as I said it and he looked down a smiled shaking his head no. He wouldn't let. You aren't friendly so we're leaving." He turned around to face back the way we came."No, wait. Don't go."I turned in the saddle and shouted, "Why not? You don't want us around. We don't want anything from you and won't let you take anything from us. Good bye."We continued to walk our horses down the road."Wait! Please, don't go. I'm all alone. The Triple-A's got all my friends. I didn't want them to get me."In a normal voice, I said, "Bennie, what should we do?"Bennie looked around and said,. He would never let me touch it.”“So you knew him?” questioned Pēteris.“Oh yeah, he was staying at my father’s inn. Looks like three empty rooms now that his whole gang is dead.” There was no unhappiness in the boy’s expression.“All gone? Every one?” Pēteris sought confirmation.“Every one,” affirmed the young man.Glancing over at his now recovering Companions, Pēteris asked, “If I give you the money, can you manage to bring back a pitcher of watered wine and four mugs?” He handed him several. Don't act like you just escaped the ninth circle of hell." Yes," said Tanya in her breathy Russian accent, pointing her own pairof pink five-inch stilettos at Tyler. "Don't."Amber folded her bare arms over her equally bare midriff. "Can we all benice, please? This was Violet's first gig since comin' to Saturn Beta.She's allowed to enjoy the fact that it's over." Enjoying it a bit too much, maybe," Renee said, unrolling one of heropaque white stockings, revealing the dark brown skin underneath.