She is retired and has gotten active in local politics and the church. That’s good for both of us so we have some “space”.When Kathy found out t...at I was there during the day she asked if I’d like to share lunch with her sometime. “Sure,” I said, “Food is always welcome.”She had a small table and chairs on her deck where we enjoyed our repast. With wine even. Again, she had only minimal clothing on. She was short, about 5’ 2”, with short hair which was salt and pepper dark brown. Her face was. “Sadly, I don’t know of any history or people who might know what it is you’re dealing with. These things ... children ... they are the very stuff of nightmares, and I have no idea on how to fight them or what to do about them. I’m sorry,” Bert replied.“Damn! I guess we’re going to be fighting these things the hard way. They are susceptible to fire, thank Gaia, so we have that on our side,” Jason groaned.“There ... might be ... something that ... you can try,” Bert suggested.“Which is what?”. Chief Umgallah pointed out the aurochs he wanted me to kill, and Helgor selected two of the smaller ones, so I spent a little over an hour slaughtering them with solid slugs. Explosive rounds were not necessary. By the time I had finished the slaughter, the rest of the camp had shown up. Helgor joined with the women in the butchering; I let her use my combat knife because it was so sharp. We both laughed when she finished with it because she really hated to return it to me.I asked Chief. She took a few deep breaths and then made a confession."Well ... me, too, sorta. I mean, I sort of liked you from the first time I saw you. But I never thought anything would ever actually happen, like for real. My dad's such a dick all the time." We're gonna part ways in a couple days and probably never see each other again. I'm sure your dad won't let you call me or write me or anything. So if you wind up not liking it or something, you can just pretend it never happened, and who's gonna know.