The pallets swung wildly a couple of times then hit the ground with a terrible force.The strangest of all things was that the pallets were sitting on ...ery large commercial truck inner tube looking things. They bounced about six feet into the air then settled back down. The only thing I recognized from either of the pallets at first glance was a tiny blue gasoline generator from harbor freight, and a ten gallon gas can. I knew exactly what it was for, I had been worried about having to run on. Kitty loaned me her car so I could collect Lida and take her home when she was ready – we arranged that I meet her at one in the morning."Schastlivogo Rozhdestva. Happy Christmas," Lida said as I held the door open for her."Happy Christmas, Lida. Enjoy the service?" Yes, I did. It was good ... to ... worship in Russian. But ... I do not know ... I felt ... detached. That is it. Detached." She got in the car and I closed the door.The cat greeted us, noisily, as we entered the house and wound in. “Looks like it,” said Arthur, cackling.“I’ve been fucking your wife,” said Bobby, conversationally.It took ten seconds for that to sink into Arthur’s alcohol fogged brain.“Wha’d you say?” he asked, rocking back. “Sounded like you said you been fuckin’ my wife!”“That’s what I said,” said Bobby, setting the pole carefully on the ground, and the tackle box right beside it.“You can’t do that!” slurred Arthur.“I have been,” said Bobby. “I got her pregnant too.”Arthur was having trouble. .. Kenshin: If I had traded on the name of Hitokiri Battousai, I could have settled this with a word... but then I would be no different than Tani.Kaoru: I see... Sanosuke wouldn't have liked that.Kenshin: Collusion and conspiracy was what Sano hated most. If he thought they were in the wrong, he would strike out at anyone, even me. He had to settle this himself.Yahiko: I guess that's the kind of man he was. But you wouldn't have any mercy on him either.Kenshin: That's true. He's a grown man..