The young man was dressed in a blue tunic and trousers, along with his own knee-high leather boots. He was crouched near the hole in the wall, examini...g it. There was a slight depression in the muck, and his eyes noted a trail of footprints in a few places clear of the water, prints he had carefully avoided disturbing. He followed them out, and was soon standing beside his sister. That close to her, and it was obvious they were twins. Gender differences aside, they looked remarkably similar,. He had spent many miserable nights doing surveillance and reconnaissance in the Army, but that was with a team that gave each other moral support. This was getting lonely and the temperature was starting to drop.It was about eleven o'clock and the lamp in the master's bedroom had been out for an hour. Lights had been out for two hours in the rest of the house.A sound like a nut falling out of a tree onto the ground drew Rolly's attention. The dog barked a few times and then seemed to lose. She races off, and soon returns with a bag Boone prepared when they stopped for the first night after leaving Ned’s group. He smiles at the brave while he slips the shoulder strap of the bag over his right shoulder as he starts to walk to the village. The brave grins and gets in front to lead the way. Very soon they’re outside of the entrance to a lodge with several of the Pawnee outside the lodge as if waiting for them. There’s a man and woman who appear to be in their late forties, a young. I pull out a blanket and carefully close the pack. “More surprises for later” I smile. Spreading the blanket I beckon you to sit. I sit behind you, one leg on either side. The dark hair of my legs is in sharp contrast to the pink of your dress and the baby smooth skin of your sandaled feet. I lean forward and whisper “Welcome to my special place. This is where I come to escape and decompress. Anything that happens here, I will remember forever.” You turn, smile and kiss my cheek. I am certain.