Everything was in short supply so it was a good two weeks before they finished it. Meanwhile Latinka and her daughter stayed in the Hotel with me. Wit... regular food they recovered their strength quickly. After a while we almost felt like a family, all cooped up like that with no way of getting out. They needed a protector, you see, and I was glad of the company." Where did you all sleep?" the Ensign asked, "I mean, there can't have been much room and..." Together, of course, and I think you. Maribell turned to gaze lovingly at her new husband but became distracted by that odd smell that seemed to be getting stronger. Her eyes were drawn to a rather large, dark mass on the bed between the happy newlyweds, barely visible beneath the thin, white sheet. Time slowed to a crawl. Brown, syrupy liquid was slowly seeping upward through the linen and it became very clear that it wasn’t coffee. The aroma of feces, vaguely reminiscent of lamb but with the added stench of rotten, decaying. I got there about 9:20am, and she opened the door with a big smile, the kid watching tv ready for the pool. I asked her how she was feeling, and she said about how drunk she got, and remembered the club and intense dreams, and again I said I had to walk her to her room after the club and she was apologetic for being so drunk. She had zero recollection under the hypnotics, about the sex. It was good to validate the storyline so if she did have flashbacks it would be tied to her weird dreams, not. His half-amused look spoke volumes, his lookouts had forewarned him of our arrival. "I came to hear of your victory over the Raiders," I continued, climbing off my mount.A youthful, middle size man with boyish features approached us and said, "This is Lord Wolf?" His clear, dark eyes searched me. He looked baffled."Yes, lad. In the flesh," Hajin answered, his prominent chin shifted to look at the young man. "Sybull, meet Lord Von Solon, also known as the White Wizard, and Lady Derwen's husband".