"Sometimes, when times are terrible in the World Above, a sacrifice is needed. They wait at the stone and lay down their lives to save their friends o... kin. I take their lives. But they do not die. They live with me here."She sighed. "It has been a long time since a sacrifice was made. I suppose that is a good thing, but I grow lonely. The last time was over seventy years ago, when the invaders who bore the hooked cross ground my land under their filthy feet," she said harshly.Hooked cross?. The water flooding the road looked nasty as if a septic sewer system had over flowed. The Sheriff saw Joseph running, and something about how Joseph and the nasty overflowing water on the road looked bothered him. The man who was running looked terrified like a huge bear, or even a swarm of bees was chasing after him. Pulling up toward Joseph, the Sheriff rolled down his window and yelled out, ‘Stop right there!’ Joseph paid him no heed. In his mind he didn’t even realize that the Sheriff was. The girl that I was talking to had a bit of a shocked expression on her face.Talking about reactions to my costume, the guys was totally predictable and I was expecting some catty comments from the odd girl or 2, but I got none, in fact I got a couple of comments about how brave I was and that they wished that they’d thought of a Leia costume. A couple of the girls in my class look at me as if I’m some sort of slut, which I guess that I am, so I was expecting them to say something derogatory. . Neither woman was aware of a young student nurse standing in the doorway, a far-away, rapt look in her eyes and the hint of a blush on her cheeks. They made such a gorgeous, touching threesome! ‘I thought you had the tickets, Ace.’ Isolinda sobbed, her ever-present handkerchief dabbing at her eyes. ‘I do, Honey. I just have to figure out what pocket they’re in.’ Ace answered, thrusting his hand into the breast pocket of his shirt for what seemed the hundredth time. ‘I know I had them. They’re.