I wouldn’t want an innocent to be killed. Anyone stupid enough not to believe the signs, that’s another matter entirely.“AND the Swarm things ca...’t read English,” she gloated.We thanked her for the coffee, and each of us kissed her cheek. Then we moved on. That was going to be an interesting tidbit to report to the marshal during my next call.As we entered Hot Springs, we looked up the hill to the VA hospital and decided it would be our first stop. I had always loved the pink stone construction. She had noticed earlier he was wearing a Jesus and Mary Chain t-shirt and so, she bit her bottom lip as she smiled at him, running her eyes slowly, almost provocatively over his body before raising her eyes to his and asking, “And what are you hoping to get a taste of tonight?”He spluttered into his pint, almost choking and Charlotte worried for a second he was going to collapse on her before he put the pint down on the bar and grinned.“Oh, you are too cute. So how come I haven’t seen you here. I still don’t know how to use the tool of money.”“But you, you give me you every day. I do everything I can to give you me. I like to think that if you lived with me in my little one bedroom apartment and had ramen noodles for dinner that we would still be giving each other all of ourselves.”“I love you. I will always love you. If we are together or apart, I will love you. If it was in my power to take care of you, I would always do that.”Keri had tears running down her face. She was not. Red, orange and yellow ore carriers, backhoes and whatever were scooting about like gaily coloured insects. "Does someone keep track of all those?" Well, we track the trucks and the drivers and the jobs. I'm not sure whether anyone could point and say 'That's Jeb moving #9 to the wharf'." Right. But Jeb's driving and #9's out there and things are getting to the wharf." Exactly." But these trucks move locally. Does all the ore come by train?" No. Smaller amounts come by truck. 40 or 50 tonners..