"When we get back to the cave, I will make you a nice bow," I said to him. I knew he is an expert with the spear, so I figured it would not take him l...ng to master the bow.We got back to the cave and the shaman is there waiting for us."We need to rebuild the tribe and I have some ideas on how to do this," he informed both of us."The two young girls are just about ready to come into breeding age and the four women are still able to bear children," he said. "Wolfgard and I will breed with the. He was granted great access. For a time he taught a small part of what he learned at the University in Buenos Aires, one of his requirements was that he be allowed to teach people from Brazil and Chile. Eventually he retired to Belize, which is where I found him during my teenage years.He knew what I was in about 92 seconds, and he was fascinated; I lacked so many of the subconscious reactions that most people could not avoid. Marta help me to installed my own alternate reactions that were hard. And my friends will be on their best behavior. I can kick all their asses, too," she grinned.I cracked up laughing. "You're something else, you know that?" Yup," she agreed happily. "This will be fine, I promise." She took a breath. "Bren? I love you, you know."It felt like all the air had been sucked out of my lungs. I got dizzy. I couldn't see anything except her eyes.Somehow I managed to say it. "I love you, too." Because I did. She beamed at me, and all I could feel was pure, unadulterated. Jeff told them that he wasn't feeling well enough to go to school, and thought he had better stay home from the campout after all. Rachael immediately offered to watch him, since she really didn't like camping anyway. Unfortunately, Brit insisted that she remain home as well."I thought you liked camping," said Greg."But it wouldn't be as fun without Jeff there," she complained."A couple of weeks ago, you would have preferred it without him there." No, I wouldn't have. Even if Jeff and I would.