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"hey, wake up. Drosmine. Drosmine! Get up!" Nags Berrwain quietly as he shakes my arm.

" IM Ummph..." I start to say but am cut off as Berrwain clamps his hand over my mouth. He holds one finger over his lips to tell me to be quiet. Once I nod to acknowlege that I need to be quiet he removes his hand from my mouth. "so whats so important that you need to wake me up at" I look at the clock to check the time "3:15 im the morning?" I ask quietly.

"dude, I thought Zerinnon and Sarven hated each other! But look over there!" Berrwain whispers back, pointing at the two sleepng together, Zerinnon coiled up the way he normally is when he sleeps, and Sarven wrapped around him the way he does to me when we share a bed. But the most amazing part about it is, Sarven has one of his light blue wings draped over Zerinnon, and Zerinnon is using Sarvens left forearm as a pillow. I immediately grab my iphone and turn off the sound so it doesnt wake them up, and open the camera. The first thing I do is take about twenty different pictures, then I prop the phone up against a pair of black leather combat boots so that the phone can record video of the two sleeping dragons.

"holy crap man! This is new, even to me. And I am the one that really knows Sarven! I thought they hated each other too, but I guess we were wrong man." I whisper to Berrwain as we both sit and silently watch the dragons as they sleep. "hey Berrwain. Is it just me, or does it sound like Sarvens breathing is laboured?" I quietly ask Berrwain as I notice that Sarven seems to be have a bit of trouble breathing.

"naw man, I noticed that earlier. If you look at them from the other side youll notice if Sarven takes too deep of a breath his chest will push Zerinnon off his arm. He is doing it intentionally so that he doesnt disturb Zerinnon." Berrwain explains to me. "honestly, I think this is adorable. I dont know what you think, or care for that matter right now. But I personally think that this is just adorable!" Berrwain tells me, as if admitting to a crime.

"you know, theres nothing wrong with finding two dragons sleeping together cute." I say in a way that implies more than just sleeping together. I grin as Berrwain looks at me with a priceless expression the pretty much says shut the hell up. I cant help but snicker as he turns back to the dragons. And thats when I notice that Berrwain has his phone recording video of this too. "hey man, how long has that thing been recording thins?" I ask him.

"about ten minutes before I woke you up. Why?" he asks as he turns to look at me again.

"oh Im just wondering. I was kinda hoping it was going all night so we could see what time they got into that position." I reply quietly. I hear a slight scraping sound and I snap my arm out to catch my phone before it hits the floor. Too late, the phone hits the floor silently, but the glass casing on the back of it breaks with a sharp crack. Sarven instantly whips his head around and glares at me. BE QUIET YOU TWO! His voice yells through our minds. Berrwain collapses cupping his hands over his ears, eyes looking around rapidly looking for the source of the command. I turn to Sarven and ask you didnt really just do that to Berrwain too, did you? To which Sarven replies you bet your ass I did! And then to both of us he says if either of you wake Zerinnon before he would wake up on his own your BOTH going to be in a world of hurt! UNDERSTAND!?! Berrwain is about to scream when I poke him in the arm to get his attention. Once he looks at me I point to Sarven, then to my head, trying to indicate that Sarven is communicating with us telepathically. I know Berrwain gets the point because he relaxes visibly and removes his hands from his ears. You know Sarven you could have at least warned me you were going to do that so I could have prepared him. Sarven's facial expression softens slightly, then grows even more stern when he notices the phone recording him. I could have done that, just like you could have warned me that I am on camera right now. Turn that blasted thing off before I do it for you! I scramble over to Berrwains phone to turn it off before Sarven torches it. I do this for two reasons, chief of which is to preserve the video footage on it. The second reason being ive smelled a melting iphone before, and it is by no means a plesent smell!

"dude why the hell didnt you warn me he could do that?" Berrwain whispers tensly as Sarven is still watching us. My only reply is to mouth the word "later". Berrwain seems to take the hint because he takes his phone back and lays down on his cot as if to go back to sleep. I look at Sarven and ask so now what? And what's with your sudden concern for Zerinnon? I thought you hated him more than anything else in the world. Sarven just shakes his head, mouths the word "later" and goes back to sleep wrapped up around Zerinnon.

Well this is just great. Berrwain is going to have a bagillion questions for me later, and Sarven is hiding things from me. This years camping trip is going to be loads of fun. But on the bright side, Zerinnon is back and Sarven isnt trying to rip his throat out. Maybe Sarven isnt so overprotective anymore... oh who am I kidding. As soon as its safe for Zerinnon to be outside again Sarven is gonna kick him out and give him a few extra scars. Fuck this, im done trying to figure things out. I pull my headphones out of my pocket and plug them into my phone. I open the ipod and choose the instrumentals playlist. The first song to start playing is the instrumental version of "don't trust me" by 3 OH! 3. of course this would be the song to play at a time like this... god, sometimes I swear this stupid phone is trying to tell me something! I hit the skip button a few times to get a different song. The next track to start playing is "honest mistake" by the bravery. Yup, deffinately trying to tell me something now... wow, ive lost it. Im talking to myself in my head and now I think a stupid smartphone is trying to tell me something. What else can go wrong today? I jump when Berrwain taps my shoulder with his foot. I pull the ear buds out and look at the dragons.

"dude, Zerinnon is awake" Berrwain whispers in my ear, barely loud enough for me to hear him. "there is definitely something between those two that we dont know about. I can't think of any other reason why Sarven would be so willing to protect Zerinnon, and even go so far out of his way to ensure Zerinnon's comfort when earlier yesterday he was about to rip the throat out of a dying naga." Berrwain points out to me.

"yeah yeah, as if my thoughts havent tormented me enough in the past two minutes. Now your only confirming my suspicions. Way to go buddy. But your right, there is something between them. You can almost feel it in the air." I reply degectedly.

"yo whats wrong? You sound depressed." Berrwain replies, obviously concerned.

"oh dont worry about it. Im just loofing my mind, its no big deal. I'll be fine." I reply flatly. I look at the two dragons and begin to wonder if I will be fine. What IS the between them? What could possibly cause Sarven to become so protective of Zerinnon so quickly? It took years for him to do this with me, but only one night for Zerinnon. Does he have something against me? Is he doing this to mess with my head for making him help Zerinnon instead of killing him?

"dude, dont try to shrug me off. I can see it written all over your face that something is bugging you... and its bugging you a lot." Berrwain replys sternly.

"man I am not going to talk about it, so just stop asking" I reply forcefully, effectively ending conversation. The next thing I know, Sarvens voice is in my head again. Calm yourself Drosmine! I will not have you thinking such appaling thoughts as to believe I would do anything to punish you! There is a long story about my prior relations with Zerinnon, but I can sum it up for you rather quickly. He is my brother, and I damn near lost my life for him on many occasion. As for the reason we have always been going at each others throats as far as you know... thats a story for another time, but the hostilities ended yesterday while you were busy retreiving Berrwain from the park. Now calm down and get some rest, your goning to need it tomorrow. Then, the silence that always follows our telepathic conversations. Silence to allow me to straighten out my thoughts, and realise what message was sent to me by my phone. "Actually Berrwain, Sarven just took care of what was bothering me. Now there really is nothing wrong, so you can relax." I tell Berrwain.

"man that really hurts. You wont talk to me but youll disturb the sleeping dragons for help." Berrwain says tauntingly. "im just messin with ya. So really, what was bothering you?"

"I was being troubled by the natural weaknesses of the human mind. The mind is a fickle bitch aint it?" I comment. Simply by my tone Berrwain knows that I am too embarrassed by what was troubling me to talk about it.

"oohhhhh. I see. Your jealous of the attention Zerinnon is getting arent you?" Berrwain asks teasingly.

"I am not!" I reply defensively. Then a few seconds later "oh who am I kidding. Yeah, I am a bit jealous. So what?"

"hahaha your jealous of Zerinnon your jealous of Zerinnon! Hahahahaha!" Berrwain starts mocking me.

"com on man is this really neseccary? Your 23 years old, this is rather immature." I say exasperatedly.

"I just had to do it man, you know I did." Berrwain says just a little bit too loudly, because Sarven raises his head to glare at us again. Drosmine do I really need to yell at you two?

"hey Berrwain we should really be quiet. Sarven is getting angry" I say quickly

"okay then. Wake me when Zerinnon wakes up." Berrwain says as he lays down on his cot.

Dont worry about me Sarven. With Berrwain sleeping I am not going to have any reason to make a sound.

You better not. This is the first time in fifteen years that I have been able to the company of my brother, so DONT RUIN IT!

Moody moody moody. Dont worry about me. Ill just be listening to my ipod and minding my own thoughts until Zerinnon wakes up. Also, you and I need to talk sometime. But thats a conversation for a later time. Enjoy your cuddle time with your brother mr. moody.

Watch yourself Drosmine. Your treading thin ice making comments like that.

You know im just playing with you! Geese! Just shut up and enjoy your time with your brother why don't ya?

As Sarven once again lays down I replace my earbuds in my ears and select a different playlist. This time I go for a relaxing music playlist, but there is nothing in it. Oh yeah. Note to self, get some relaxing music to fill this playlist with. So I select a diferent playlist. I choose the techno/trance playlist and am immediately moving. Baaad idea. Im gonna make a lot of noise and wake someone up. So I keep going through my ipod. Well, I havent listened to this one in a while, why not? I select the random songs playlist. The first thing to play is bat country, by avenged sevenflold. I start silently singing along with the music as it plays. "can't you help me as im starting to burn? Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction! My confidence is leaving me on my own! No one can save me and you know I dont want the attention!" the music stops for the text tone to play then it starts playing again. I check my phone to read the message, and this is what I read. "we know you have the racistly white lizard in your house. Hand him over and you wont get hurt. Keep protecting him and your all going to die. You have 20 minutes before we burn the place to the ground" this is bad. Really fucking bad!

SARVEN! There is something you need to see!

DAMN IT DROSMINE I TOLD YOU NOT TO RUIN THIS! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!

the people that are after Zerinnon know he is here. They just sent me a message saying that we have twenty minutes to hand him over before the whole place burns to the ground. I realy hate to be the one to tell you this, but we need to get moving NOW! Wake Zerinnon up, I will wake up Berrwain and get the shotgun.

DAMN! You better call the police and get a few cops sent out here. Your going to need police backup if we are to prevent the house from burning down... do you smell gas?

OH SHIT! THEY TURNED THE GAS BACK ON! Now im pissed. Im getting the buggy out and running their asses down.

Peace drosmine, peace. Dont do anything stupid! You dont want to end up in prison for killing people. Besides, youve already made quite the display with the truck yesterday, you dont need to draw any more attention to yourself.

I unlock my phone and call the police as Sarven wakes Zerinnon. "yeah, I just got a death threat, and I can smell leaking gas. I have reason to believe that this is a serious threat. Yes mam, I did put on quite the display yesterday at the park. No, this can't be just an angry message from a tree hugger. How do I know? Because I have someone with a bounty on his head in my basement! Thats how! There is a gang outside my house that wants to kill me if I dont hand someone over in less than ten minutes!" Sarven they have about six units and a chopper en route. Eta five minutes. Lets hope they sent a firetruck or two... I kick Berrwain in the leg to wake him up.

"ugh... what time is it? Is Zerinnon awake yet?" Berrwain asks grogily.

"GET UP! The house is surrounded! We dont have very long to get moving! Now get a shot gun and help protect Sarven and Zerinnon! We have to get to the garage!" I exclaim.

"but the biggest truck you own is the 3500 duramax! That wont hold us all!" Berrwain retorts, the panic clear in his voice.

"HEY! GET IT RIGHT! It's a Silverado 3500 HD turbodeisel!" I snap at Berrwain

"Drosmine! Is now really the time to yell at Berrwain about what he calls your truck!?! we could all die any minute and your yelling at him about how he talks about a stupid truck!" exclaims Zerinnon from across the room. I turn to Zerinnon, glaring angrily.

"I will talk to you about it later. Now can we just get fucking moving!?!" I snap as I toss Berrwain a shotgun and rush to the door. "Berrwain! On me! Just like we do in rainbow six!" I tell Berrwain.

"Got it! Lets clear the way!" Berrwain says as he stacks up on the door with me.

"and Berrwain, theres a gas leak. So dont shoot unless absolutly nessecary!" I inform him sternly. "now get ready!" I hold up three fingers to indicate when to go. I lower one of the fingers, then the next finger. *CRASH* Both Berrwain and I ram the door to break it off the frame and suprise anyone who might be on the other side. We plough through one person with the door, and are left with two more knife weilding gang members to deal with. "You take one I'll get the other!" I tell Berrwain as I run towards the gang member closest to the door, weilding my shotgun like I would a baseball bat. I swing the gun as hard as I can and the blow lands squarely on the gangsters back, knocking him to the floor. I kick him in the face before he has a chance to swing at me with the switchblade he has, and then stomp on his hand to make him drop the knife, which I promptly pick up. A thud from across the room tells me Berrwain has dispatched the other gangster quickly.

"It looks clear to me. You take point and clear a path to the garage, I will stay with Sarven to keep any stragglers off his back." Berrwain says from across the room.

"Sarven! It's all clear out here! Lets go!" I yell as I rush to the stairs. As I round the corner of the white minibar I get hit in the head with a bat. The last thig I see before I hit my head on the beige tile floor is the garage door being kicked in by a swat team. The last thing I hear is Sarven scream my name, then blackness.

TWO DAYS LATER

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

"wha... WHAT THE HELL!?! WHERE AM I!?!" I exclaim as I wake up and jump out of bed. As my feet hit the floor I notice Zerinnon and Sarven are asleep on the floor next to my hospital bed, and Berrwain is sleeping in the chair in the corner. I look at the clock on the wall. It reads 6:42 AM. And the date on the laptop that was left running on the armrest of the chair next to the bed says the date is June 13th. Wait a minute... June 13 __th? But... how long have I been unconscious? I fall back onto the hospital bed. Then, sudenly I am aware that the heartbeat monitor has almost doubled in pace... uh oh. Everyone is in for a rude awakening in about 3... 2... 1... The door flings open as three doctors come rushing into the room and turn on the lights.

"He's awake! Someone check his vitals! You! Make sure he doesn't try to rip out any IV's or do anything stupid!" barks the first doctor that came into the room. "young man, I am Dr. Richard. I need you to calm down, and stay in bed." Dr. Richard says with a soothing tone.

"well its nice to meet you Dr. Richard. Let me keep my personal space as much as possible and we shouldn't have a problem. Hey, quick question. How long have I been unconscious?" I ask as I rub my head where I was struck by the bat.

"you have been out cold for just over 48 hours now. And I am going to have to ask you not to touch your head wound. I am not sure how severe the damage is yet, and I dont want to risk you making it any worse. And one other thing. Your going to have to choose only one guest to stay with you the entire time your here. Its against our policy to allow more than one full time guest per patient in intensive care." the doctor tells me

"look, I know I just said we would not have a problem if you dont needlessly invade my privay, but if you try ti kick any of them out while im still here im going right out the front door with them. And believe me, theres two dragons and an inactive duty marine there. If I want to leave there isnt a damn thing you can do to stop me." I snap at the doctor, the anger obviously readable in my facial expression.

"calm down there buddy. It's just one more night that you have to stay here. We just need to be sure you havent suffered any brain damage from your injuries. If everything looks fine you will be out of here by noon tomorrow." the doctor replies calmly.

"Then you shouldn't have any problem with them staying for one more night" I say as I gesture towards the dragons and Berrwain, who are all now awake and aware of what is going on. The doctors all look at each other, take a few more notes of what the readings on the machines im hooked up to say, and leave without saying another word.

"NOT cool man! You can't just go around telling people I am an inactive marine! I was honorably discharged from the service last year!" Berrwain snaps at me.

"dude, my mom was a marine, my grandpa was a marine, and my great grandpa was a marine, and so on and so forth. Once a marine always a marine. Weather on active duty or honorably discharged, your a marine." I retort cooly. "So how long do you think it will be until Im out of here?" I ask everyone in the room.

"with how much blood there was on the tiles back at the house, I'm guessing you will be here a few more days." replies Zerinnon.

"DAMN! Thats valuable time that I could be using to prepare for this years camping trip. And I don't care what your objections are Sarven I'm going!" I say, rubbing the lump on the back of my head gingerly. At this time Dr. Richard comes back into the room, holding a small syringe filled with a powerfull sedative. "whoa whoa whoa. Wait a minute, whats in that thing?" I ask, pointing at the syringe.

"This is a rather potent sedative. It should keep you unconscious long enough for us to finish your treatment. Your going to be here for another few days, but for you, it will be like your getting out tomorrow afternoon" replies the doctor stoically.

"dont I have any Say in this!?!" I ask panicing as the doctor comes closer.

"No, you don't. Now relax, it will make this go much easier." says Dr. Richard as he presses the needle into my left arm. "now who do you want to stay with you durring your treatment?" he asks again.

"Sarven! I want Sarven to b..." and then, blackness again.

THREE DAYS LATER

Drosmine! Wake up! If you want to get out of this prison you call a hospital you need to be awake when the doctor comes to check up on you, which is in about ten minutes.

Wait, ten minutes? Ugh. Im not sure I can be awake in that ammount of time. I dont know what it is he gave me but it sure is one hell of a sedative.

Maybe if I helped you out? Sarven smacks me across the face lightly with his tail a few times in an attempt to wake me up.

Ow, ow ow. Sarven its not working. God this is so weird! Talking to you while I am supposedly sleeping.

This isnt working, I'll be right back.

Wait, what are you doing?

Youll see.

Well shit. Whats he gonna do to me? I wonder to myself. God this is so friggin weird! I shouldnt be aware of my own thoughts whilst I am sleeping! Oh thank god! Sarven is coming back!

You know I can still here your thoughts right? Oh, and dont breath for a second.

Why? *SPLASH* "Aww man. Did you really have to throw water on me?" I ask as the doctor walks in the room.

"Oh, your awake Mr. Drosmine? Thats a funny name. Where did you get it anyway?" asks Dr. Richard.

"Sarven gave it to me, and I liked it. So I had my name legally changed. So yeah, that light blue prankster there is where my name comes from." I reply curtly.

"Oh, and now that your awake, I just have a few questions for you and you will be clear to leave." the doctor tells me.

"No, I dont have any pain in my head. no my neck doesnt hurt. yes, I am hungry. No, I am not tired. And yes, my vision is normal. Now can I leave?" I say impatiently

"well uhh, you just answered all of my questions before I asked them. I would like to ask you how you knew what questions I was going to ask." replies the doctor curiously.

"OH MY ******* GOD! I have telepathic abilities that I have gained from prolonged exposure to telepathic communication with my mate! There! I told you! Now call me psychotic and throw me in a spongy room, or whatever the hell it is your going to do! Because I just know there is no way in hell that I am getting out of here any time soon now!" I snap.

"There is no need to be melodramatic. Your mate as you call him, has explained to me that there is a big camping trip you have planed. I am not one to want to ruin those plans. You can leave, and go prepare for, and enjoy your bbig trip. But I do want you to come back after your trip. This is quite the interesting ability that you have, and I would like to study it." the doctor says as he writes something on a piece of paper. "now just let me unhook you from the IV and the monitoring equipment and present the clerk at the desk with this and you will be free to go" says the dotcor as he removes the IV from my arm and the electronic sensors from my chest.

"OW! What did you use to put those things on? Superrglue!?!" I ask as the sensors rip out chest hair while being pulled off.

"No, but a rather strong adhesive is used. Oh, I forgot to tell you, but this will pull our any hair that is caught in the adhesive." the doctor says apolagetically.

"Ah well, its just ow chest hair. At least it grows back, unlike some things Ive lost." I reply, thinging about other things Ive lost in the past, some of them missed more so than others. "At least I am a free man now" I say cheerfully as I get off the bed and walk out the door. The first thing I do is turn to Sarven.

"In response to your question, yes. Yes I did really have to throw water on you." Sarven replies with a smug grin. My only response is to give him a great big hug in my soaking wet hospital gown. "Is this supposed to be payback?" Sarven asks quizically.

"No, it's just supposed to be a hug silly! Thanks for waking me up Sarven. Hey did I ever tell you how much I love you?" I ask Sarven cheerfully.

"Wait, did you just say you love that dragon?" asks some random man as he walks up to us.

"Yeah, I did. What of it?" I ask defensively.

"There is no need for hostility. I was just confirming what I thought. I am a psychiatrist. Here's my card. Give me a call later and we'll talk. And before you shove the card in your pocket and then throw it away in the first trash can you pass, hear me out. I do not think you need my help, but I need your help. Please call me later today." says the man as he hands me his business card. "You have a goon day" he says as he walks away.

"Well that was weird. But who cares? Lets go home!" I say as I rush to get out of the hospital. As I walk out the front doors I see my shiny blue deisel truck parked as close to the doors as possible while still being stright out the doors. "Holy crap! You guys brought my Silverado!" I exclaim as I spot the truck. I turn to Sarven and kiss him as I wrap my arms around his neck. "Hey Sarven, Race ya to the truck!" I say playfully.

"your on!" Sarven says as he crouches down, getting ready to jump. "GO!" Sarven yells. I sprint to the truck and sarven leaps forward towards the truck. Sarven lands just inches from the truck, and then he touches it with his tail as I am still two feet away from the truck.

"Okay, so you beat me. Get in and lets go home!" I say eagerly as I open the driver door. "Sarven please tell me you have the keys." I say as Sarven crawls through the passenger door into the enlarged back seat.

"Yup, I have em right here" says Sarven as he hands me the keys to the truck. I take the keys from Sarven and try to start the truck. Nothing. I know exactly whats wrong with it too. I reach down, and pull the lever to pop the hood. I get out and go open the hood, and re-attach the battery to the truck. Then I shut the hood and get back in the truck. I turn the key, and still nothing. And thats when I notice that this isnt the truck I normally use. This is the special made truck with big V12 turbo deisel engine and 8 speed manual transmission! "Oh my gawd! You brought the special truck!" I squeal as I press the clitch and turn the key. The big V12 turbo deisel engine rumbles as it starts, then roars to life. I tap the gas a coupple of times and check the mirrors to see great big clouds of arcid jet black smoke come out of the 8 inch smoke stake tailpipes in the bed of the truck. "Ooh ho ho ho, this is gonna be good. Hold on tight Sarven, this is gonna be a wild ride!" I stomp the gas and pop the clutch. The back tires start squealing and then the truck starts moving. We pull out of the parkingspot and fly towards the exit of the parkinglot. As we pull into the line of cars leaving the parkinglot, some fat lady in a prius gets out of her car and walks over to my truck and knocks on the window. "may I help you?" I ask smugly, with a big cocky grin on my face.

"I saw what was coming out of your exaust pipes! What on earth could you possibly need this truck for!?! what makes you think you have the right to pollute the earth with your gas guzzeling truck?" the lady demands.

"Well lets see. One, this is Aerica, and I can drive anything I want to" at this point I tap the gas" Two, that dragon in the back seat is my mate. And three, because I CAN drive a truck like this!" I say smugly as I roll up the window and punch the gas, just to piss her off. To add to the insult I look her in the eye with a great big cocky smile and pop the clutch while holding the brakes to burn the back tires and make even more smoke. But the display of muscle is cut short by the line of cars moving forward, so I quit roasting the back tires and keep moving forward. Once out of the parkinglot I go tearing through the backroads to get to my neighborhood. As I go flying down the dirt road I turn the radio on. When I look in the mirror I see a rather impressive dust cloud mixed with the black smoke coming out of the tailpipes. "HELL YEAH!" I shout as I open all the windows. Even Sarven is enjoying the ride, the temptation to act like a dog is just too irresistable, because he sticks his head out the passenger window like a dog would. And we travel like this all the way to my neighborhood. I slow down to the posted speed limit and go down the street to my house. As I pull up the driveway I notice the garage door opener is missing. Oh well, I will just park in the driveway for now. So I turn off the truck and both Sarven and I go inside the house.

"Sup bitch!" Berrwain exclaims as I walk in the door "hows ya head?"

"It would be better without all these annoying voices in it. Oh wait, the voices are in the room." I comment teasingly as Sarven enters the house.

"Oh hardy har har. Come on you big jerk! Were leaving tomorrow! Go get packed and ready to go!" Berrwain says excitedly.

"Tomorrow!?! Dang I lost a lot of time! Hey I will catch you later, I gotta get packed. Hey, are we picking up new camping equipment this year? The stuff weve got is starting to fall apart. I wouldn't want a tent to rip open two days into a week long trip, ya know?" I reply as I walk to the stairs to go pack.

"Oh, yeah were all going to stop by Dick's tomorrow before we leave. They have some special sale going on dealing with camping equipment and a new hunting rifle or something like that. And I know you need to get a gun that can be used for hunting purposes. Can't quite use a military grade sniper rifle to kill your food can you?" Berrwain comments, his tone telling me that I am not about to walk out of the store tomorrow without a low power hunting rifle.

"Oh cool, I do need to get an actual hunting rifle. I hope they have some good scopes to go with the gun though. Speaking of which, how am I going to walk out of Dick's with a new gun if I havent filled out any of the paperwork for a new one?" I say, realising that I havent yet begun the legal process for purchasing a firearm.

"Oh, thats easy. The rifle will be purchased by me, your just paying for it" Berrwain replies cheerfully, a great big smile on his face.

"Thanks man. I can always count on you to spend my money on guns for me" I retort sarcastically as I walk up the stairs. I get up the stairs and immediately know something is different. Is that wet paint? What the hell was going on here? I walk to the guest room where I originally found Zerinnon, and nce again he is in there. But now he is painting the walls with a very detailed forrest landscape. "Didn't like the white?" I ask as I walk in the room to get a better view of the work in progress.