.Red..." Wolf's voice was pained, as she reached up to grab hold ofone of the arms that had wrapped themselves around her. "If you keepsaying such thi...gs, while touching me, I will not be able to resist. Imight do something you will hate me for. I do not want that. For somereason, the thought of it makes my heart hurt."'That feeling... Everything you've described so far... I was wrong. It'snot just happiness you're experiencing. It's love." Love...?" Wolf asked. "Between a monster and a human?". The bar, Zelda's Tavern, catered to the working class and, typical of such places, its interior was plain, but clean. The bar was well stocked, but the only beers available on tap were Iron City and Budweiser. When he entered, the bartender gave him a friendly nod; Tom didn't come here often enough for the man to know his name. Tom sat himself in one of the corner stools, ordered a double shot of JD with an Iron City chaser and dedicated himself to drowning the day's images from his mind.He had. Supplied by the lowest bidder... 2500 bucks ... out the door ... cash. Japan wasn't paying a lick of attention to anything the American President said. They were buying scrap and it was cash on the barrelhead ... FOB.Wikipedia says:FOB is only used in sea freight and stands for "Free On Board", and always used in conjunction with a port of loading. Indicating "FOB port" means that the seller pays for the transportation of the goods to the port of shipment, plus loading costs. The buyer pays. “Ian, I'm gonna need you to put those back in the bowl and stand aside while I conduct a search of your person.”“Wha- A search of my person? Why??? I already went through the detector!”“It's just a precaution” she said while pulling on some inspection gloves. “Please grab the hand rail and bend over.”“Bend over?!?”“Relax” the young woman said with a smirk. “It's not that kind of search. It's just to help little ole me do my job.”Ian looked back nervously. He suddenly realized he was holding up.