.” she begins to say, spinning around to face the man.“Kenton?” the man asks. “No, my name is Erik. But if you’re here with someone else...�...�“No!” she shouts, perhaps out of impulse. It certainly is louder than she expected. Tova looks around; she has received a casual glance or two, but no one really giving her and the man any special attention. “I mean, I was here with someone, but he seems to have disappeared on me.” Looking over the man now, the girl feels herself getting a little wetter. The obvious place tostart looking was the sitting room, downstairs with windows to the rearof the house would give any potential burglar unseen time to work. Iscanned the room and nothing was visible. Hang on, I thought, it has tobe above floor and normal furnishings level or it might be buried.There was nothing in the way of visible wires or sensors round thewindows. Suddenly I saw it in plain sight. Every room and corridor hada smoke detector, there's even one near the front door and that. Alas, even the grandest dream must yield before the grim intrusion of the real world, and today was no different. Your latest nocturnal reverie ended with a jolt, as an irritated innkeeper kicked you awake. He had allowed you to stay the night after helping fix his roof,but wanted you gone before his customers awoke. Glaring at his ugly mug, you reluctantly stumbled out of the Inn at the Crossroads. As its name suggested, this inn was located in the center of the Riverlands, and therefore most. ” I theatrically looked at my watch. “Give me a few minutes...”Shelley laughed and stood up, grabbing her top and bra. “Not now. My folks will be home in ten minutes. I need to get dressed!” She scampered up the stairs.I waited another minute to catch my breath, and then stood up and pulled my briefs and pants back up. By the time Shelley returned, I had the basement in a semblance of dignity. We packaged up the parts of the filter we were taking to the college and tossed them in my backpack.