She really HADN'T wanted him to leave her so soon. On the other hand, she was also familiar with the old adage "never trust a wolf in sheep's clothing..., so despite urges to the contrary, she kept walking.Now, the "wolf" knew that the path Red traveled, only led to one cottage and that an elderly woman lived there by herself. Putting two and two together, he quickly hurried off through the woods, taking a shortcut he conveniently knew of.Some minutes later, arriving at the house well before Red,. Take off that shirt and let me get the ointment.” She said in a very matter of fact way. I hesitated. I’ll admit i felt a little shy to take off my shirt in front of her. I felt a little self- conscious but looking back at the incident today i realize it was not because i felt diffident about my body. On the contrary, my uneasiness was because i knew i was rather well built – after all i had been working out with weights since i’d turned sixteen. I must say that my biceps and chest were the. There was still no one all the way to the horizon. There was only the woman and me. She aroused in me both desire and fear of the inexplicable. Part of me wanted to keep walking. Then I considered that if she was dangerous, it would be dangerous of me to turn my back to her."Excuse me," I began awkwardly. "My name is Bill. May I talk to you?"She nodded."I am a decent man," I told her. "Someone else may not be. I don't want anyone to harm you. May I get into the car with you?"She nodded. When I. Bethany shook her head. "Caused by the same earthquake that you got hurt in. James already asked the AI about it. Any that might have resulted in a leak have already been repaired. But additional repairs will be slow as we have prioritized ship repairs over repairing the tunnels." That makes sense," I said as I took the last bite from the toast I was holding. Bethany noticed and immediately put a chocolate covered donut into my hands. "Why the toast first?" I asked as I looked at the donut."To.