I move closer, into his line of visionand shout again. He smiles and taps his right ear with his right indexfinger. I hold my left hand out to him, pa...m up. He nods his head,reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a little packet of foamhearing protectors. I tear open the packet, remove the small pieces offoam, roll them between my finger and thumb until they are small, hardpeas and insert them into my ears.The noise level quickly drops below the excruciating point as the foamexpands,. I can always skip class." replied Randy in a worriedtone. "I'm your friend. You know I'd do anything to help you withyour problem." Yeah, I know, Randy. And I really appreciate it. But I'll be fine.Really." Lee smiled again. "Just go to class." Okay. But if you have any problems, have them page me and I'll gethere as quick as I can." Yes, _mother_." he joked.Randy smiled. Maybe his friend would be alright after all. Gettingdumped by one girl, even one as pretty and popular as Susie,. "Quite a few people were rewarded by the king after we wiped out the nest of slavers that were operating on the peninsula." Trunk said. "Must be rough now, not getting those payments, eh Yauntz?"The man began a blustery denial, but I cut him off. Time for the spiel I'd been practicing for weeks now."Here is the message we came to deliver. It is sent jointly, from King Artful, your rightful ruler and the High Wizard of Arbor, Weaver McKesson." I said. The matching last names suddenly drew a. . a thousand dollars, but I'm going to do it for free because, well, as a favor to Jeffers and because we all like your sister." Jeffers "likes” my sister? More like he fucks my sister. After a few seconds he said, "So Brynn. You haven't said much. If you're afraid of all this, then tell me and we won't do it." Instantly I reacted. "No! I'm not afraid of ... that. It's just . . .I've never been around older men. They never talk to me, well except unless they yell at me." .