Why don't you come out here, and I'll promise not to hurt you if you'llpromise not to hurt me. My name's Marcus, by the way, or did I alreadymention t...hat?" He extended a hand to me. Hesitantly, I reached out, felthis strong male grip, and let him pull me gently to my feet. He sat downon a low rock, motioned to another one nearby for me, and I sat down too."Did you bring some food with you? Good. I was going to offer you some ifyou were hungry. I guess it's awfully strange, what you've been. 5 hours.I got on to the bus and took an aisle seat, plugged in my ear pods and started listening to music. After a while, I randomly looked around in the bus and got stuck at one point. Diagonally opposite to me after a few seats right on the window seat. I saw the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in person till date.I never had any inclination towards women although at times, I would watch some lesbian porn. But that day, I could somehow just not stop myself from appreciating the beauty of. Contrary to what Chandra had said, I knew that I could be killed. These wounds proved it in no uncertain terms to me.It was nice to just be able to relax this afternoon and stretch out on the bed with my hands behind my head. Tomorrow or maybe the next day, I would take a trip around the city to get a better feel of it. I was also interested in the bazaar. I had the feeling that it would be fun to experience. I needed to visit to Kassandra's temple and pay my respects too. The priestesses might. I looked around and seen a elderly man leaning over the railing. I said excuse me? He said your looking like you're getting red. I said thanks, and sat under the umbrella for a few minutes. The man came down and asked who I was, and if I lived here. I told him I was visiting my dad for a few weeks. He said I should cover my shoulders to keep from burning more. I said ok and threw my towel over them. He asked if I was thirsty, I said I was fine thank you. He said he lived a couple of floors.