“Here, take it. As you know, Sammie got this from Japan. From a shrine, or something. But, it’s legit from Japan, so you just know it’s the real... deal.” “Emily, I heard Sam got that from a vending machine.” “Okay, she got it at a vending machine... in a shrine. Then, a forever-alone otaku neet lost his yen to the machine, and tried to tip it over. But, he was crushed under the machine. When the shrine priests righted the machine... his body was gone. Now, his vengeful spirit works in the. Living in Camden might be all right for Amy and Marsha; they grew up there. But, he liked the woods and the fields and the clear blue skies. Ever since he'd started working with Mark and Mike and their dog teams, he'd been sort of hoping that there would be some way he could have a dog team of his own some day, and there was no way he could do that if he lived in a city.And, if he stayed in Spearfish Lake, he could join the fire department, maybe become an EMT. That had been one of the most. I could remember the pity in their eyes as they watched Hera. It wasn’t an emotion I shared. To them she was a fellow god, in some cases even a mother or a grandmother. I knew Hera for what she really was, a monster. I think maybe they started to see the truth as well because after a time they stopped coming. These days it was just Hera and me. I understood why all of the gods agreed that Tara needed to be sent back in time after my death in the lifetime where we’d lived out our lives together,. But, she did notice there were no windows. It was so quiet in this room. As she looked around she began to notice other things – a wall that contained handcuffs and some chains. Some sort of machine was directly set up in the middle of the room. It contained a cusioned seat with plush fabric covering it. It also contained ropes, pulleys, and many other things she couldn’t recognize. A small noise on the floor above her had her widening her eyes. Now, she knew where she was! She heard that noise.