I wanted to go elsewhere and make my mark. All these things, I shared with my roommate. Jeff listened attentively while I told him my life story. For ...ome reason, I felt really comfortable speaking to him. I don’t know why. When I finished my little spiel, Jeff clapped my shoulder. He didn’t say anything, except he looked at me with eyes full of understanding and compassion. That’s when I knew. I had met my new best friend. That’s a really good thing. I didn’t think I was going to make any. I need to see that. Once I do I’ll forget him. She’d almost made it, got him out of her system, but for those stupid local newspaper stories about the girl in a coma and the cousin who wouldn’t leave her side. It was when some commentator on some stupid local news show mentioned some names. God she hated western Pennsylvania! She punched in his phone, it started to ring.Still on his knees Colton felt his phone vibrate against his thigh. He swiveled around, sat down on his ass, pulled out his. When confrontations as you call them are directed at my personally I react emotionally and, as you say, tend to divert. Duck for cover seems rather strong although that happens, I know it does.’ ‘It’s not difficult to fix. Emotions can be adjusted like most other things. They are simply a mindset. I’m practical enough to understand that.’ ‘Meaning emotionally slanted people have difficulty?’ ‘Exactly.’ ‘I knew you’d say that.’ They laughed and Callum left the money for their meal and politely. I hoped that this time we could suck them into a battle what would discourage 'em from botherin' us any more.The Henryville school teacher was a gold mine of useful information about the tactics the Roman legions used and were bein' used now over in Europe. I had our militia practice something called the "box." This had a bunch of pikemen lined up in a box-like arrangement with musketeers or archers inside the box. We had enough men in the militia that we could form a box with 10 men on a side.