Sitting up in the bed. She took one look at me and pulled back into the corner. She was all huddled up and clutching her pillow in front of her like s...e was hiding behind it, right? I talked nice and gentle. I said everything is okay. I stayed back in the doorway, keeping my distance since she was so scared. That didn’t seem to help so I stepped back even further.N.R: Quick as a flash, she was off the bed and crawling underneath. So now she was hiding under the bed, right? And she wasn’t coming. The girls who looked like they needed to eat more. I don't know why but those types attracted me. Courtney was not that type of girl."Okay, Mom," I replied. I opened the fridge. I was starved."I think you should go," Mom said. She correctly read me. I had no interest in going. I pulled mayo, mustard, pickles, and two types of lunch meat out."We don't really know each other," I replied. I took bread out and assembled my mid-afternoon meal. "We're not really friends or anything." I know," Mom. Battousai: If it's not important, please refrain from calling me.Iizuka: Hey!Battousai: I've assassinated almost a hundred people these past six months. No matter how we hide ourselves, the shogunate is beginning to sense we're here. It isn't a good plan for me to be near the Choushuu Hantei. The Bakufu forces are growing stronger day by day. Especially the wolves in Mibu... Katsura: The Shinsengumi... Battousai: We haven't yet crossed swords, but they could be the strongest of the Bakufu's. Quinn had gotten quiet, she quickly had learned when Ephus had that faraway look, he was lost in thought. Suddenly turning back toward her, he nodded.“Sorry hon, was just thinking that now that I have hurt Ares twice, HE isn’t going to give up. So looks like I am in the thick of it again. Yes, I know, I will be as careful as I can. Why do you think I have had Anhur teaching me every moment I had? Ares loves weapons.” Ephus told Quinn.“Yes, brother has learned far faster than anyone I have ever.