I looked at the bathroom door. My morning urinary alert system was pointing all the way up. I had it in my mind to spook Max.“Oh, shit. The door loc...s,” I learned of my bathroom. I had long-term bachelor habits. Hell, I think the visits from the three of them were the only times I had ever bothered to close the door.“Peeing! Out in a sec!” Max chirped.“No hurry,” I said. I turned back to put on the kettle. I normally did little beyond throwing toast in the toaster and then remembering that I. Freesia and Marabilis moved forward, pinning the claws down asthe two elder hunters went around shattering the rest of the legs, andjammed a stick into the mouth."Excellent!" Gazania shouted. She leaped into Tagete's arms, bussing herfirmly."You just say that because I am so wonderful." Tagete teased. But shegrinned as wide as the far younger girl. Gazania had joined them duringthat horrible war half a century or more ago, Her accent sounded oddeven after all that time.The tribe gathered. He started to read.After about an hour, the bar had begun to fill, and the din had begun to make reading difficult. He placed the book back in his knapsack, and laid back down to close his eyes to immerse himself in the music.Some time later, hearing some people sit at the he bench adjacent to his he looked up to see. A group of women had taken a seat on the bench adjacent to his, above his head from his perspective.One woman in a green skirt, tight blouse, and a little too much makeup, was. She explained that Scotty had offered to let her crash at his place, yeah right, his place, because she couldn't go home. I asked why, and she told me she was still rolling from the night before.This shocked me only a little but then she stepped forward, motioned for my joint and asked if she could hit it. I hesitated at first, and she told me it was cool that she had her card so she was legal to smoke weed. I laughed and told her I hesitated only because I couldn't guess her age. She assured.