Hurrying down towards home, she came to the wooded short cut that she'd always avoided because of the little scrotes that hung around in it sometimes,...but today was an emergency and she decided to go that way. She hurried through and could see the clearing that led to the road when the space in front of her was filled with three shapes. It was three young black guys, all around 18 and muscular in build. Marie's heart began to race in panic, but she kept her head down and kept walking,. I wonder if she’s as uncomfortable in that cart as I am in this one.As tired as I was, I enjoyed the chance to catch up with some of my friends who I saw frequently but didn’t get to speak to in any depth very often anymore, and also to get to know Seranni and Velanna better. Oghren was looking forward to seeing Felsi – who had agreed to run the tavern at Soldier’s Peak once it was ready – and hadn’t had to be reminded to wash in weeks. Wulf was missing Kallian, though he was looking forward to. I told her that I would be happy to help and could fix it. She was excited to hear my offer and off we went to her shop to check a leaking pipe. Once in the back she showed me the valve and I found a wrench and quickly fixed the minor leak. Happy the issue was fixed she asked me what I wanted for payment. I said nothing since it took no time to fix it and I was happy to help. Her look got really serious as she stated, “Surely there is something from me you want”. I laughed and said, “Sure a. And I’ve been doing it for years. I’ve even been able to hack the Pentagon. They didn’t even believe that I had done it until I sent them some of their classified documents as proof. It goes without saying that they were pissed. Still not sure what pissed off the DoD more, that they got hacked or that a young teen successfully hacked them without them knowing about it until it was over.”“Just promise me that you’ll be careful on what you’re doing. I don’t want to lose you.”“Don’t worry Mom. .