Most of my student loan probably found its way into their cash register. I justified it by saying it was all an investment in my future career, so I d...dn’t buy cheap stuff. I’d watched Doc Henredon painting for long enough to identify the kinds of brushes he used and I walked out of the store with one hog bristle and three sable brushes and about $120 poorer. I ran by the dorm and picked up my art box and sketchbook as well. I didn’t buy brushes that I already had.It was nearly six o’clock when. I think they’re dealers because they’re not watching the game and when he shows up they clear out. I finish following him as he stops at his home, a simple two bedroom house in a semi respectable part of the east side and watch as the man picks up his mail from the box against the house. I pull a couple houses up and park before getting out and make my way down the opposite side of the street to get a look. Curtain in the living room is closed, no toys outside so no kids that I can tell yet and. Someone had taught him well. After the quick massage, we were laying on the bed talking when Will came back. Peter got up and dressed and he went for a ride. Will got undressed and got in bed. He asked me how it went and I said actually, pretty damn well. He looked sort of surprised. I think Will was expecting me to say it wasn't that good or it was terrible but that wasn't the case.He asked me if I had cleaned up and I said no. He asked me go take a shower. He didn't want to go in after Peter.. Alba hadn’t even come across a single Human yet, had the Covenant traveled all the way to this remote planet for the sole purpose of killing one another?Alba and her procession of aliens were greeted by a Captain Major, a Jiralhanae wearing golden armor, and wielding a grenade launcher with a wicked bayonet on one end. His demeanor changed when he realized that she was female, seeming more amused by her presence than anything.“Report,” he said gruffly. He outranked her, and so it would be wise.