In my line of work, I have to be. If there’s ever been a more providential turn of events to bring two people together, I have yet to read about it,... see it on the silver screen, or hear the tale spun any other way. Trust me when I say that I’ve read a lot of high romance and a shameful amount of the low ones too.” She smiled a little. “I, for one, would like to see them both have a chance to poke at their exes, whether it blossoms into romance or not.”By that point, I was feeling a lot more. . had to be an old guy. They rang the doorbell.They actually rang my doorbell! I slid away from the window when they rang again. I wasn't going to answer the door! I had plenty of food; there was nothing outside remotely related to my business."Two minutes!" the same someone yelled. A woman!"This is bullshit!" A guy yelled. "We gotta get out of here." Or into a building!" someone else shouted.The doorbell rang again.I cracked open the window. "There's no one here!"For past and future context. I could have waited but if I did their deaths would have been on my hands.”He smiled, “Alone with support a day away?”I shrugged, “it was not the first time I was outnumbered or faced the enemy alone. I was going to lead them into the forest but the commander turned in at the box canyon so I was stuck.”He laughed, “You know officers, can not find their ass with both hands and a light.”The colonel looked at the sergeant driving, “Get him to the armory and then over to supply. Tell Senior. Someone should get an exterminator or animal controlhere."A stuck up girl I recognized as Sheila said, "I can't understand why theylet animals into school. You know that my mom tried to have them expelled?The school overruled her and said that they have a right to education.Well, I think they should be locked up in a zoo."We just kept walking on, like they didn't exist until someone tried tomake me trip on a sudden extended leg. But being a squirrel hybrid made mehave fast reflexes. I simply.