"I find that interesting and maybe a tad disconcerting." Tell me more about your feelings," Graydon asked."Well, look at our party; we have two people...that have unique swords, an Elfen Witch, who has been asleep for time untold, your unique circumstances and the result," Tristan ticked them off his fingers as he spoke. "Dunin's experiences and how he found his sword, as well as our own. Probably the most normal are Anastasia and I, and yet I have a sword from a different era so maybe I am not. We waited a moment for the applause to die down and then turned to return to the kitchen to complete our clean up when Kevin appeared at my side and grabbed my arm."I need you to come with me for a moment," he said.Kevin's face suggested that arguing would be futile, so I nodded to the trainees and told them I would meet them in a moment before following Kevin. He seemed strangely animated as he walked me to one of the doors to the reception hall and then unceremoniously thrust me through.I. He touched me on the shoulder and said, "You better be careful today. Gina definitely managed to get in touch with Darryl over the weekend. I've heard that he plans on ambushing you in the hallway today." That was expected," I replied. "At least this means that after Friday's game I can give my step-mother to be a hug. I also will get to see her sitting by my father at games."Allan just smiled at this. "That will be a very unpleasant surprise for Gina. You know that she still believes that. She did notice that all of them were facing the road.“There’s the tank,” Jim said pointing to a Sherman tank parked near the center of the lot.There was a lot of empty space around the tank.“Park over there,” Melinda said pointing to the far end of the field.“Momma didn’t raise a fool.”“You’re marrying Tripp.”“You’re right. Maybe I should park in front of the tank and take a nap in the trunk,” Jim said.“And miss the rattlesnakes?” Melinda asked.“I hope they were joking about the rattlesnakes,”.