"Dad. Stop. Thinking. Feel. Reach out. God! You can do it when you don't think about it, you know? I felt what you did to Mom downstairs."I must have ...ooked surprised.Janey explained, "Don't you even know what you did? You were shouting how much you loved her, how this was all your fault, how you would try to make things right, but to please STOP! I mean, you weren't making words with your mouth or anything, you were like shouting in your mind, or something. It was really clear. You were. "This place will need a lot of work," She said."Nah we'll have most of the cleanup done in an hour or so.Kassidi grabbed a broom and worked her way down the stairs, knocking down cobwebs that were over everything. Brian followed her, holding a push broom and began sweeping.As Brian swept the floor, He noticed something engraved on the floor. He scrubbed more of the dirt away. "Kass, come here and see this!" What baby?"Brian pointed to the floor "look."Along the swept part of the floor were the. You are the best."The rest of the day went smoothly, although Mikki was increasinglydistracted. At the end of the day, Larissa and Rachael practically hadto pour her onto the bus home.After Rachael got off, in rain that was now more drizzle than thedownpour of the morning, she went to the house and got things ready forBobby. There wasn't much she needed, but she did get him the last cookieof the batch, since she knew he would be hungry and it would be at leastan hour before the cookies were out. Mendor contemplated, unsure, but for a second there he thought that what he picked up from Zax ... could it be helplessness?“Stop”. Zax raised the palm of his hand along with speaking outloudGarnet’s sincerity and fear that could not be hidden made him a bit awkward. He realized that it does not really matter if the people in front of him knew that he cannot speak their language. If it will raise suspicious eyebrows, he can just leave, find someplace to rid himself from the gore and continue.