Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

"To the Ohio.""I feel like the Collapse all over again," Elmore said, "theway the war news is going.""I heard from a mortal on Earth's surface. He is living inan ancient school bus, but he is alive with solar and battery.""How is that?" Elmore asked."Lonely, he seldom gets anything more than mail. Mailbuoys are too small to target. He wishes he had a way tosearch for any surviving Brazilian women.""That rumor is going to persist to the point where allsurviving Brazilian women will be raped to death.""That's probably what Talstan had in mind when theystarted the rumor," Thom said. Elmore gave a quick laugh."Their goal may be lofty, but that's not the Christial way."Thom was looking casually at Greta Barnes who wassitting farther down the bar. She was trying to look her besttoday, without altering the base mesh of her personification.She had her hair out of the pigtails and did not smile widely.She was in a sheath, one that might have even come fromAlan's universe, but she had underwear on. Thom idlythought that once the divorce was final, she would be the bestof the available women, not counting Ava of course. He sawher notice him, he smiled politely but would not pursue it, hemeant to keep his vows til the divorce was final. If she was agood Christial, she would understand. He wondered if shewould understand that he was not slave to carnal desires.From the corner of his eye Thom noticed the shot glass go209