But I had to ask. “What brought that on all of a sudden?” She didn’t have an answer; she just shook her head, as if she didn’t know – or jus... didn’t want to tell me.She rinsed the cloth and wiped herself off, then rinsed it again. She led me by the hand to the bedroom. I went back and grabbed a towel to spare the sheets. Back in the bedroom, Carrie was waiting patiently, not wanting to smear blood on anything by sitting down.I spread the towel on the bed and Carrie crawled on all fours to lie. For that matter, so was I - big time.We decided to make a quick return to my Sienna and gather all the gear necessary for an extended hike with probable overnight camping. I hated to spend the time, but we decided we would be of little use disabled or dead.With no probable need for stealth, the return to the road was quicker than the trip to the cabin. At the faster pace, snow squeaked and crunched as we walked. We were able to talk, but were limited somewhat by travel on the narrow. The Temple District will be very busy for a few days, and I would hope that the city no longer has the level of corruption that once existed for quite some time.”I saw something on Sapphire’s face, almost a grin. “Sapphire, for being a thief and not an assassin, you don’t look nearly as disturbed by what happened last night as I would expect.”“It’s pretty simple, Your Majesty. I mentioned it to Methredhel about halfway through the evening, while we were helping Surgus. She and I discussed it,. I'd already fucked with the chainsaw all I wanted to for a while. Catla put me back to work on the fresh hides while she and the other two worked hell out of the first skins I hadn't scraped so well.The girls weren't scraping now, but they had big pieces of branches they rounded off one end of and were using them working more of the pissbrain paste into the skins and stretching hell out of the hides as they went along.Still, it was their show and by now I had a good handle on what I was.