We made it to Diamond City just before the markets closed. I was able to get more ammo from Arturo, along with a laser rifle for Curie.“Is this real...y necessary, madam?”, she asked, holding the weapon in her arms.“In an ideal world? No. In the one we find ourselves in? Oh, yes. I figure that with a laser, you won’t have to worry about recoil or windage. I don’t want you to take any risks if you can avoid them. There’s a reason I picked up an extra hazmat suit, I knew you would be human this. “No...” she whispered, right before it exploded outward, and a giant slime nearly as large as Deborah’s body leapt out of it towards her.She shrieked, but it was quickly cut off by the goo engulfing her entire head. As it leapt onto and wrapped around her, the weight of it knocked her down, so that she was laying on top of it on her back. The blob covered most of her body, leaving only her hands and feet exposed. She screamed inaudibly, the bubbles from it very slowly rising up though the mass. And,... " And, what!?" She knew about Jaimie." Oh God. No!" and he put his face in his hands."Honey. Honey. Easy. She told us that she knew about Jaimie before wesaid anything."Looking up at Ronnie, Jason said, "She knew. How?" She didn't tell me. But, when I told her Jaimie was going to be in thewedding, she just smiled, and said, 'You mean Jason. Don't you?.' I justlooked at her in complete shock, and she said not to worry, that she hasknown about your dressing for a long time. And, that. The sun had burned her in a fearful way before her skin finally took on that same rich golden hue she had so much admired in her darling friend Martha - Martha whose memory still brought tears to her eyes now that she was parted from her for the first time in so many long and happy years.In the first weeks of her journey towards the clement South, where she must spend the winter or perish, her feet had caused her many bitter torments as they slowly and painfully adjusted to their new unshod.