Plants are pretty important to them, either as food, shelter, someplace to hide. Trees can be a place to store food or a convenient place to lay out i...n the sun." So do the animals respect plant life any more than we do?" Not at all. The plants are there for them to use any way they can. If a bush gets thrashed because a predator comes after them and they get away, they could give a shit about the plant other than being glad it was there to slow the predator down. Of course, they aren't as. "Well, at least it's warmer than the water." Finn shivered."Yeah, no joke!" Liv said grimly. "Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to Mitch and his buddies?" At the thought of their earlier ordeal, she reached under her jacket and dug the Steyr out of its holster. "Check Dad's bag. See if there's a gun in there. Those assholes might still be around."Finn nodded, opened the bag, and pulled out a stubby .32 caliber Smith and Wesson J frame. Two of the bullets were spent. He found a speed. Of course we did the obvious background checks. Multiple orgasms every day tend to screw with critical judgement, so we carefully sounded one another out on important issues, googled each other and stalked on Lush, Facebook and other networks. Of course we laughingly shared our findings with each other too, which enhanced the fun even more. ‘WTF – is that on the net’ was a feeling we both experienced more than once. We even referenced each other with mutual acquaintances. Bottom line remained,. He straightened up and glanced over his shoulder just in time to see his sister turn white and head back towards the stairs.“Joanie,” he said to her, trying to stop her retreat. “Come on down so we can talk. Don’t you think we let this whole thing go on long enough?”She stopped and turned slowly back to the sofa where her brother sat. She sheepishly looked down at her hands and what she was wearing then slowly walked over to him and sat down on the other end of the sofa without saying a.