"But it's at least a moon-quarter old."She laughed. "I need a bath. I can sleep later." As you wish. You say you found what I was looking for?" Yes, a...dozen Ruthani are still there, to report any movements. So far, there are none."Tuck noticed one of the Ruthani standing close to Tanda. He was an older man, but most interestingly, he sported a dozen necklaces of what Tuck was sure were lion claws.Tanda saw him looking at Lion and smiled to herself. "Tuck, this is someone I want you to. I hadn't expected to see so many vehicles parked in the lot of the place; many with people still sitting in them looking at their phones, or just watching people come and go. I was going to have to get out of my car, and they were all going to see me.The fact that it was quite obvious that the majority of people present were there for nefarious sexual purposes should have made me feel a bit more comfortable in that I was among perverts. It wouldn't matter why I was there; they knew I was on my. .”“Assure him of your good intentions? Can’t, Claire. I don’t believe you myself. I think you’re telling the truth when you say you want to help our guy, but you will never convince me or him that you’d give him free rein with Rebecca, his Rebecca. And that’s what it would take to even begin to normalize things. Well, at least that’s what I think.”She gave him a look that spelled interest. Could she do it; could she give the man free rein with their child? She would be talking to her husband. There is a great underlying need in each of our lives that the other uniquely answers. We will learn to love each other but, in some ways, we are beyond that. It's different from what I expected."Daddy, I thought it would be more of like what I had felt from Tom but it's different and it's so much deeper. Have you noticed that our names start with the same letter. That's a little thing and there are so many like that up to and including bigger things. Mark is a Christian and has read Lewis. He.