"Thank you," she stood up, her hands drawing Poppy to stand beside her."Are you thirsty my daughter?" Y, yes," her eyes darted over to the gathered gu...rdians."No, my child, not them. You must never hunt anything but animals. Comelet us go feed," she was opening the storm shuttered door to the patio."Commander, keep everyone inside until she is finished feeding thisfirst time."And then they were through the opened door, both a blur of motionmoving faster than even the youngest guardian could. “Plans, long range I mean, not this weekend? Where are you headed? Do you know? College?” I mentally put the weekend on hold.“Get out of here next year with some summer courses; finish college in three, masters before I’m twenty.”I nodded and chewed, puzzled and impressed. Most of the people I knew didn’t plan much past their next bathroom break. “How old are you, don’t mind my asking?”“Not unless it’s for foul purposes. I’m jailbait, thirteen, but I’m taking junior English this semester.” She. The wall I had destroyed so easily was rebuilt and a new gate built. The city was getting back to normal in a way but Lazeez had not come back yet.I hired accountants and did an inventory of what I claimed. At present, nobody had contested me at all. When the shock was over they may. That was why I wanted to gather all I could while I could. Much of the property I owned had two legs and I had to take care of them too. Many had been away and were afraid to return.To start some employment, I had. Incoming Skype call from Jake. “Hey.” “Hey back.” “You still coming tonight?” “You bet your ass I’m coming. I need the money.” I had no idea what this was about. Jake cleared that up quickly. “How close do you live?” I told him. “Okay. Another $50 if you walk over here in just those boxer-briefs.” This was getting weirder and more lucrative at the same time. I decided that more lucrative was worth however weird it got. “Fifty bucks it is. Anything else I can do to make more money?” I didn’t.