Ikuno recommended things like a spell that opened locks which Kal, at first, dismissed as something only a thief would need until she reminded him tha...t magic users weren’t very popular in some cities where the church held a great deal of sway. The idea of being locked up in manacles convinced him the oni might have a point.His leather mask received an upgrade in the form of the water breathing rune from the book. This was quickly followed by a darkvision rune when he discovered he could barely. No fucking way could I afford to buy lumber milled over there and ship it to my place to build a barn — or anything else for that matter. So I'd make do with what I had.For the barn, the building didn't need to be weatherproof, just as much protection as I could make. That meant that I'd use the straightest logs I could find, shape them where necessary, and fill in the gaps with mud and/or smaller saplings. I worked out a design in my head, marked off the spot of land where I wanted to put it.. It won’t cost but maybe ten to fifteen dollars one way. If she gets here and she don’t like you, send her back and tell her she has to pay her own way.”“That’s what Jon David put in them letters too. I wonder if we’ll even hear from one woman, Eli, let alone twenty seven.”“You mean he wrote letters for the six white boys too? I didn’t know that.”“He told me they asked him to. Them boys are all young enough to make good husbands and daddies if they’re a mind to. All the rest of us are getting on. He had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and held a pool stick in his hands. He was older than Miley, about twenty-five. He wasn't particularly good looking, but she thought his scraggly hair and constant twelve o'clock shadow were sexy, not to mention the dangerous air he had about him. The other man he was playing with was a little bit older, bald, and gave her a lecherous grin as she walked in.Miley glared at him in disgust and nodded at Mike before she went to sit by Hobbs and Joe at a.