.. use your best judgment but avoid lethal force if possible." Sounds fair to me." I agreed. I was angry with Watters, and his seemingly endless crew ...f gunsel killers, but I had a new-found sense of proportion that I wanted to stick morally to. Killing criminals and armed gangsters, sure ... line them all up, I'm ready for them! Unarmed usually meant civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe they were just as evil and nasty pieces of shit as their crime organization associates, but. He never helped me because he never let me put my hands on anything. How am I supposed to learn that way? If I ever have a kid, I won't do anything like that." If you ever have a kid, Noah, you will do exactly as your dad did. We learn to be moms and dads from our moms and dads." Something needs to be done to stop the insanity." He picked up another artifact. "The Morse code sounder. I don't want any of this stuff, Mom. You shouldn't have bothered with it." Your dad thought it was important.". “Merci beaucoup,” she replied, feeling somewhat proud of herself, not only for remembering the phrase, but for being gracious to the servant. ‘Father always said that the measure of a man is how he treats a bird in the hand. Or is that two ducks in a shooting match? No, I am sure that’s not quite right, but it will have to do for now. Oh, I seem to be terribly confused of a sudden. It must be the dream. Nothing seems to make very much sense right now. Not that it had before. Well, I am. Something sort of taps you on the shoulder. As you turn and try to focus, you’re pulled out of yourself and a little away from the scene. Like it or not, you get to see your demise.After all, if there wasn’t something “After” I wouldn’t be able to pass on this story to you. Would I?I know you’re asking yourself the how and why I can bring this story to you in this form. It’s better if for now you just accept that I can. Both the how and why will become evident as you read on.I can’t say that.