"Now don't start that again!" Mom responded and we just sat, peacefully, taking in the sounds of the birds, the whisper of the breeze and all the othe...r forest sounds. I slipped my arm round Mom's shoulders and just sat there, enjoying our lonely intimacy until she finally sat up and suggested that we needed to get moving again.It was a lot easier walk now as it was all downhill and we didn't stop again until we reached our intended destination, just after mid-day. Just a short way up the valley. Suddenly they opened their mouths and took in a deep breath. They turned to look at Mike and their full sensual lips twisted up into cruel little smiles. Their heavy-lidded eyes opened to reveal... ... nothing.Their skin was the same glossy red-black colour as the panels on the walls, but their eyes were darker still. So dark they seemed more like an absence of space. Mike thought he saw far-off fires flickering in their depths."What do you want?" Mike asked.Stupid question. He was obviously. There was no sign of their earlier struggles in life.The petting zoo after lunch was a lot of fun. Jane and her daughters decided to come along and share the experience with us. I marvelled at the different ways each of the children approached their visit with the animals. I had thought Derek and Jane's two girls might be too old to enjoy visiting a petting zoo, but I was mistaken. He seemed to like the larger animals. Diane and Lorraine were excited to be able to sit on the ground and help. You need to do some yoga and you need to cut down on the meat that you eat. Eating meat ruins our ability to think clearly and you need to put your all into today's filming, especially if Ari is... well, you know."Tori was going to ask what she was talking about, but Daniella had to rush away, leaving Tori standing with her back to the darkened set of her house. The teen looked out into what appeared to be a huge backlot, seeing several of her friends and co-stars walking around, but it was.
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