I could feel the wounds already closing and the flesh knitting together. The flyer landed and I checked around us again and pulled her to it. I pushed... her in and got in and confirmed the rent before I lifted.Hours and they would be searching the entire city. We would not be able to leave the planet and they would hunt us. Unless ... if I could reach the Ashtear we might be able to get one to open a realm gate to earth. I flew as the half wild girl slowly calmed. Her eyes kept looking at me like. ”“I can’t, Stephie. You know my rule. I can’t do it.”“You told me about you and Sofia. It’s the same thing. I ain’t been with Red yet. Please, take me upstairs and make love to me. I want you so badly. I doubt I’ll ever have a chance again!”“Stephie, what about Red?” I said, trying to bring her back to reality.“You let me worry about Red. It won’t cause no problems at all.”I sighed. I could refuse her and stand on my principles. Or I could violate them. Jennifer had told me on several occasions. He noted they all wore a sword on their hips. They also had a gun that looked like a revolver butt forward on the other hip. Four of the men also had a version of what he assumed was a rifle, in a scabbard on their ponies.“Sorry, can’t help you. We haven’t seen any dangerous criminals,” he replied.The man looked around the camp. “I was led to believe you humans lived in the valley,” he said.Sean nodded, “That we do.”“Then why are you camped out here?” he asked.Sean looked at the guy. He decided. This was an interesting comparison to the communal use of the cave occupied by John’s tribe. It was noticeable that there was a smell of fish everywhere, even inside the huts. It was a side-effect of being a fisher village. Another aspect of interest was how they baited their long fishing lines. These were of an immense length, with a huge number of smallish hooks made from large thorns. The thorns were carved to provide a barb to stop the fish slipping off the hook. Much larger hooks were.