“Lewis is an extraordinary man,” Brother Young told my parents. “While others persecute us, he has helped us immensely by guiding our wagons to ...ort Laramie and sharing his knowledge so we were better prepared for the journey and what we found when we arrived here. He has donated food and forage to our wagon trains and made sure we had Indian guides to help keep us safe. He even gave us the first panemone,” he said as he motioned to the south and east where dozens of panemone were spinning. "Is that what you're doing? Hanging around here to fuck guys before they jump?"She turned away from him, right foot taking a step forward. Ted shot his hand out, grabbing her arm. He stepped back away from the abyss, pulling her with him."I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! I'm..." Her head swiveled toward him again, expression unchanged. He sighed. "I'm not good with people. You know?" I know."He let go of her arm, taking a deep breath."I'm Ted." Kari."He raised an eyebrow. Kari let out a snort."I. Okay. Young man. He was a male of the species. He was kind of cute in a gangly, long-haired, scraggly kind of way, but lately, every boy I saw seemed kind of cute. He flopped down on a chair and Dr. Sutton’s secretary rolled her eyes.“Didn’t go well?” she asked.“Not terrible, but ... Hey,” he said turning to me. “You’re next. Just try to put him in a good mood before I have to go back in, okay?” I looked at him a little strangely. “I’m Bruce Wayne, technical director. And no, I am no relation. I quickly glanced over my shoulder, but couldn't tell where the sound had come from. I shrugged my shoulders and headed into my office.An hour or so later I was just putting the finishing touches on my office when my office phone began ringing. I was so startled after the quiet morning I'd had so far, that I knocked several books off the shelf I was organizing. I fumbled for the phone, but by the time I'd answered it there was nothing but dial tone.I turned around, knelt down and began grabbing.