She was crying. I couldn’t stop her.

“Well you did it,” Les told me. “She’s crying because of what you made her do.”

“Hey,” I yelled back. “They were going to kill me in there. For one moment I managed to get enough control and make her do something sensible and now she’s crying. It’s not my fault.”

“Shut up,” Meli said. “I hate you.”

“I hate you too dear, but I’m kinda stuck with you.”

That set her off on another wailing bout of tears.

“You have no heart,” Les scolded, chuckling at the same time. “I think I like you.”

“Just get me out of here will you, I’ve had enough of it.”

“No class, no character, no stamina. What are the youth coming too?” he whined.

“Now!” I said.

“Okay, okay, keep your socks on.”

“Eh, what about Meli?” I asked.

“Don’t worry about her,” he said. “She’ll recover.”