‘What’s unbelievable is the fact that you have millions and millions, yet you live in this hole in the wall with other… other… common people�... like him…’ he said, pointing to Will. ‘First of all this is not a hole in the wall. And second of all- and more importantly- I love spending my life around people like him. I’m not superior to anyone and neither are you.’ ‘I most certainly am superior to… to that,’ he said, pointing again as his face twisted into that of sheer disgust. ‘Pull your head out. More pictures swooshed by in the streaming flow time placed them in and the man saw himself sitting upon a park bench as a young man. The wind was still and so the world around him felt the same, he saw himself listening. A tear with a slight taste of sweetness as he remembered that day hearing so clearly, the harmony of tolerance. Hearing the many sounds of the wilderness singing together in a chorus of an unparalleled harmony. He was now able to hear the difference between beauty and. “Sorry,” he said. “It’s just that everything... I guess I’m just a pussy like my wife is always happy to assure me.”Hmm, I wondered at that. So Mia was becoming an alpha. I was glad it was Mort and not me that had to deal with her.A nurse came out to see if we wanted to see the baby—like that was a serious question. We did and we would but first it would be Mort who got to see his son for the first time.We were back inside and Mort had disappeared into the inner sanctum of the place to see his. “Saw you coming across the lake with Upik,” she smiled. “I suppose you are hungry, aren’t you? We’ve a good stew tonight.”Steven inhaled deeply of the tantalizing aroma. “It smells wonderful,” he answered. The three sat down to eat and Steven told them why he was on this journey.“A dragon?” Rayna said. “My, my. Upik, there hasn’t been a dragon in these mountains in what? Fifty years? Maybe more. How did you ever come to be up here?”“Took the high road instead of the low road,” Upik.