Another question: did they have the equivalent of wool on their skin? That would have to be investigated. Even if they proved to be inedible as meat a...nimals, their hides might be a source of leather. However, as he thought of that, he also realised that close examination would have to be paid to the microbial aspect.Were there any dangerous bacteria on the skin, or in the meat? He would need to ask The Personalia to do some testing, rather than wait for the biologist to take his post. That guy. I looked over at Dawn, who was already walking past us and into the kitchen. "Hey, what was it?"Dawn didn't look back as she tossed a hand over her shoulder. "Nothing important." No, seriously." I looked into the kitchen where Dawn was already greeting Brandi and hunting for a bowl."Ah, just a bit of news," Dawn said while glancing back through the doorway. "Did you hear Bert and Robin broke up?"I blinked twice. "Really? I thought they were getting things worked out."Dawn sighed and came back. That was the real reason I had shut myself off. So I kissed him again and he didn’t seem to mind. He put his hand on my face and kissed me as if he would never get another chance. He had his arm around my waist keeping my close. I finally broke away. ‘I. Uh…I.’ I really didn’t know what to say. He just laughed. ‘You ready for the horseback riding?’ He was grinning from ear to ear. I just nodded. The stable boy or stable man or whatever the politically correct term for the person who takes care. In the few minutes it took to reach the ledge, a train of higher waves reached the beach. Every one of them crashed on the ledge, piling up and roaring inward along the sheer sides with tremendous walls of spray shooting into the air. At the ledge, Myra realized at once that she had no chance of climbing up the face; there was am overhang she had not noticed before. Irritated at herself, she turned away and prepared to wait out the tide.She was puzzled by its behavior, however. She had visited.