“I’ve never seen an exorcism rebound like that before. If the spell fails, the orbs just break formation and roll away.”“What would cause it t... fail?”“Not all exorcisms are the same. They vary in strength, same as curses. That was mid-level, but a reaction like that… the curse would have to be… unbelievable. How long have you had this affliction?”Noah sighed. “For about as long as I can remember.” He pulled out another piece of shrapnel. He was lucky none of the pieces struck his eyes, but he. "That was one fine meal, Mrs. Williams," Shelly said after a silence."Ja ... very goot," Jurgen echoed."I'm glad you liked it. I haven't cooked for many people lately. It's nice to have company. We should do this more often," Mom smiled."You won't find me gettin' here late," Shelly laughed.Jurgen was nodding his approval as was I. It sounded like a good idea. I wanted to build a team with these two, and Sunday dinner might be just the way to do it.I had spent much of the mealtime watching and. ”“More.”“You have to respect your partner, otherwise you feel unequal to them – superior, and that leads to taking advantage of them in some ways; inferior, and you feel dominated and on the defensive all the time.“I agree. Name another.”I panted out the first thing that popped into my head, “Trust.”“Oh, deep. Yes, it goes with the expectations we talked about last night. Trust is about doing what you say you’ll do, and that you can be relied upon to be whatever way you are consistently, and in. The survivor’s guilt she had read so much about was more of a survivor’s pleasure, the pain and grieve where there, but felt more like challenge and motivation to keep going.And that was what she did, day after day and sometimes even night, the urge to stay up to date on business news long replaced by the urge to stay on top of the competition, more alive and better armed and hidden stashes of supplies giving her the room of movement she needed to survive instead of statistics and numbers.