They walked to a restaurant about a block away and got breakfast."Not to say anything against your cooking, but this beats an MRE," she laughed.Ron sm...led and started eating. Ron told her that he was going to call the Howell branch in Anchorage and have them get the gear back to Seattle. Ron confessed that he had been putting off the call to Sam Howell and couldn't tell her why. Brenda knew that the loss of Cal was eating away at him."Ron, you can't blame yourself for Cal's death," she said,. The sweetness of ripe fruit overtook any other scent that might have attempted to make its way to my nostrils. As I craned my neck towards the recesses of the orchard, I could see people harvesting fruit, and I wondered if they worked for the farmer or if they were customers off the highway. The sound of rattling ice startled me and I turned around to see a young man standing near the door. He smiled at me and motioned for me to follow him. As we made our way down the steps, the old farmer. Admittedly, it was pretty weird at first, being able to relate to someone so easily—but now, she may just be as close to him as he is with his roommate Seth. Even though those two have been together for a longer period of time and harbor a special connection probably only reserved for soulmates or something, she’s managed to slip herself into their dynamic relatively easily. But what’s even weirder is how dear, he—and Seth, by extension, by fortune, by providence—are to her now, so much so she. The reason Zax was surprised to see his big sister, was because he simply did not expect for her to be waiting ... training in the office of Eden Formation's school principal.Hearing her little brother voice, Zetsa eyes opened gradually. She got up from the carpet with solemn expression on her face and walked forward to meet Zax."Big sis?" Zax asked quizzically.Zetsa did not respond with words.FUFUFUFU!Dark golden aura burst from her body and a strong whirlwind swirled around her.'She ... is.