Something cool." "Hmmm. But what?" "We'll think of something." We were walking through some brush between clearings along the lake. Scooter spotted a ...uarter and rushed ahead to get it, then suddenly froze in his tracks. I watched his face drain of color, staring off to his left immediately in front of him. That's when I heard the rattle. "Shit," I said under my breath. I reached out with my mind and felt the rattlesnake's presence that was only a foot away from Scooter. I couldn't understand. He had a similar military background to me, so we came to a quick understanding and were off to a good start. Since it was Friday he told me to take off after lunch to find a place to live and report back Monday for my first real day. I packed my new laptop and manuals and pointed my Charger back towards Abby's warehouse apartment.When I got back I used the garage door opener Abby had lent me. I entered quietly and saw Abby working at her drawing board. Her glossy hair was tied back out of her. He sat back on a cracked, cheap, plastic chair, and inhaled the stuffy, warm air. The smell of fabric softener and various detergents was inescapable.Staring at the floor, he put in his ear buds and powered up his Ipod, and began to thumb through some vintage David Bowie. And then something entered his periphery. It was a pair of, what he would have guessed to be, size 9 or 10 female feet, in trainers. The angle of his head prevented him from being able to see up much further than that, without. Just straight up refusing to do as his wife asked would send a powerfulsignal or so he hoped, but at the same time he was starting to fear itwould be no use. That key and those tapes were extremely hard to findand he already knew that failure to comply would probably just meanthat today wouldn't count towards the required three day wait.He hated himself for giving in to his wife's demand, but he guessed heshould at least get it done, even if it was to cheat himself out of itby calling for a new.