I’m not a fan of the Rivers area.”“We’ll have to look online. I’m not sure what’s left.”“What do you want to study?”“Corvines and ...aptors.”“Very funny. I’m going to try for some mixture of Anthropology and History.”“I think I’ll try Psychology or Sociology.”“Well, we’re both into humanities and social sciences.”When James Cook landed in Australia in 1770, Aboriginals had been there for about 60,000 years. Their 500 or so separate nations lacked kingpins or settled agriculture, so colonisers. Today was moving day, but it was rather a subdued event. The majority of their possessions had been destroyed in the June fire.They had replaced most of their clothes and their weapons. In fact, they had purchased replacement weapons before they had shopped for clothes. The general consensus among the Metchettes was that they would rather fight in the nude with guns, than stand defenseless while fully clothed. This was a sentiment that Glen fully supported.Cliff was upset that the gun rack that. The wounded man sank to the floor without a sound beyond a muffled grunt. Without thinking the matter through, I drew my gun and shot both of the bastards dead on the spot.I rushed to the wounded man and saw that the wound was terminal, but he would live for several hours, maybe as many as 24, in considerable pain once he regained consciousness. I made a quick compress from a piece of his shirt and called to my friend to fetch a buckboard. My intention was to take the man to my house and shoot. She not live much after you go. Three days, maybe. Has not been long time you go.” Tears were running down her cheeks, but she was trying to smile.Vanessa approached her, open arms, and took her in a hug. Then Amy did, then Elena approached me. She hugged me and kissed my cheek again. Looking down at her and holding her in my arms, I knew what I wanted to do, but I didn’t do it fast enough. It was Vanessa. “Elena, will you go home with us and let us help you in life?” Elena’s eyes went wide.