The sounds of the night hunters keeping her on edge. The croaks of the frogs and gators. The buzz of the mosquito's. All sent her a warning to stay aw...ke.Looking at the setting sun, Kari knew she would have to sleep tonight. She had no idea how many days it would take to walk through this murk. But her stomach was reminding her she was hungry. Taking sips of water from the canals, she had hoped to quell the hunger. But not anymore. Kari was thin enough as it was, she couldn't afford to lose. She was just trying to get up the courage to use the chamber pot when the offensive little man barged in without even knocking and started barking orders at her."Stand up and strip!"As she began to slowly undress, he sat down on the chair, making unpleasant sucking noises with his tongue against his teeth and continuously raking her body over with those piercing little gimlet eyes. She had expected this, of course... to be treated like an animal at the market place... but the vicious. And not unknown to the people who lived in miserable squalor in the unpainted shacks and overturned packing crates they called homes. Not too many in one place, no ... no ... too many meant notice and the one thing everyone wanted was to be anonymous ... unheard, unseen ... nothing to see here, nothing to see ... move along, move along.The men ... one was an electrician ... magician more like ... in a different life, a better place, a better time. All gone now, flown like a great horned owl. I then drove back to the cave and called Barbara and Fretail back as well.“Family meeting people; call everyone in here to the main room.” When everyone was present I said, “Family, I have sad news for you all. I have found out that Magnie is not a very good person. Because Dogera spanked her for being bad, she called him a wife beater and he was killed. Now I see why he was driven to spanking her. She is a very willful and evil person. She almost killed herself because she did not want to.