.....After we had all showered, Dawn knocked up scrambled eggs on toast. A steaming pot of coffee on the table to wash the paracetamol down. They both...looked pleased with themselves as I tried to get my throbbing head around what was going on. They laughed at the look on my face, “Shall we tell her?” Helen asked Dawn.“We’ve had a little chat while you were still sleeping and we’ve come to an understanding,” said Dawn.Helen took over, “We both love you, but I have to go back tomorrow, probably. Was waren das für Leute, die diese Kinos besuchten? Neugierige, wie wir? Normalos? Notgeile? Wir betrachteten die Anwesenden und machten uns einen Spaß daraus, sie zu beurteilen. Zwei Reihen vor uns saß ein junges Pärchen, ca. 25 Jahre alt. Sie kuschelten und tuschelten. Vereinzelt saßen Männer jedes Alters. Zwei Männer hatten ihre Jacken über den Schoß gelegt und spielten scheinbar darunter an sich rum. Wir beobachteten das Treiben eine Weile lang. Etwa zehn Minuten später betrat ein ca. 40. Wait. You don’t have to say anything more.”Blowing me off.“I’m just letting you know,” I said, my face flushing. “It doesn’t seem appropriate.”The whole room seemed to jolt, for some reason.I blinked, still watching Kari’s reaction. She just sat there, as if thinking, her eyes turned away. Then she faced me again. “Don’t get so embarrassed,” she told me brightly. “But it’s not my fault if you get distracted by what someone is wearing. This is what I want to wear, and it’s not my fault.”I wasn’t. My perception slowed to a crawl. The gray iron sword fell past me. I could follow its brutal progress. It moved like it swung through tar and—The blade hit the stone floor.Metal rang. Stone groaned. Chips of rocks exploded from the impact. He swung with enough force to shear through me despite how slow I perceived him moving. I shuddered as his head snapped to the left at me. His iron body creaked as his sword lashed out at me in a horizontal thrust.Shadows dived down my wrist, forming the.