———————————————————- ————————————————————– The evening drew on, the ...kies darkened and the street lights screamed fake daylight. At night things changed, things which seemed benevolent in daylight took on a sinister aspect, night was when the dark and the dangerous walked the streets, owned the streets, the drunks and the thugs and the junkies and the thieves and the rapists and the killers and Jim. ——————————————————— ———————————————————- Settling into an expensive wine bar he looked. I did not have the habit of visiting prostitutes and i did not believe in spending money for sex. So I was horny.Ok, this horny guy, that is me, was travelling from Pune to Nagpur. I boarded the train from Pune in the night train and it was a First class compartment of four berths. Yes, there was first class compartments, those days. Around 9 pm, they reached the next station, daund and a couple got in. The man was around 60 and was fat and also looking sick. The lady was in her early 50s or. ”Jack and Will stood also. Will offered his hand and Morant shook it with a firm, steady grip. “What are we after, anyway?” Will asked.“Religious artifacts from a temple that was lost when the Blood Tide began.” Morant answered grimly.“Ah. So that’s why you’re going through the Drifts,” Will frowned. “Better odds than going around the Devil’s Horn and past the Red Seas.”“Indeed,” Morant agreed, picking up his cane from the table and beginning to walk away. Quinn opened the door for him. He left. “Well you might be seeing more of me. She emailed me last night. She sent me your new schedule. You don’t really believe she will stick to that, do you.”“She is going to have to stick to it. I am going to enforce it this time,” I explained.“Good luck with that. By the way Effie is coming by to oil a desk. I never heard that one before,” Mica suggested.“She and Jon rebuilt Janet’s desk. You know the one I built with cinder blocks and shelving. They rebuilt it with scraps from the project.