“Are you alright?” he asked.She was a human damsel, but the enchantingly refined facial features made Coj wonder if she had some elven blood in he..., from some distant ancestor. She appeared a little frightened, but otherwise looked astonishingly well for someone held captive in an underground dungeon.“I'm alright now. Thank you kindly, brave sir.” Coj guessed that she was one of the villagers, based on her common garb and speech.“Did they hurt you? Are you in need of healing?”“I'm fine,. Aman and a woman argue incomprehensibly in the courtyard of the Casa. Butthe apartment is quiet. I emerge from the room, still tottering but withsilent footfalls across the ancient, stained shag carpet. The only cholostill around is passed out on the couch, so I silently leave the Casa. Ismile at Sonic, still guarding the corner, and he gives me a surly nod andflips open his cell phone. I walk up Rampart, flinching at every passingcar. I am dressed like a hooker, and my hair is disheveled.. As we settled into the hot tub Brittany sat in a corner and I sat beside her. Jim sat on the same side as Brittany but in the other corner while Eve sat across from me. Again we made small talk and had our drinks. As it became apparent that we were not going to leave the hot tub I went downstairs and grabbed various liquids so that we could make our drinks while sitting in the hot tub. I must say here, that I noticed in the past that as Brittany has more drinks she tends to become more. He felt the bile bubbling in his pits, anxious to race out of his body into the world. Steadying himself against his desk while forcing the vomit back down, he dried his eyes with his sleeve and concentrated on not concentrating his thoughts on her. ‘Hey’, he heard her say. He spun around facing the direction where the voice had come from. There she was, standing beside his bed. Even with his teary vision, he could recognize that sweet, comforting smile on her face. She was wearing one of her.