Jeff filled him in, beginning his litany. Only Jeff knew where the elixir actually came from. xxvideo “Casual?” Béla suggested, smiling. In just a few seconds, it was gone, with only the red liquid trail down her side indicating it had ever been there. Jeff spoke with the certainty of inner knowledge. There was a distant ‘crack’ of a rifle shot. Over the winter months, the wasting disease had consumed more than half of the outlying population. She got up and retrieved her clothes and backpack. As they approached a grove of trees, two men walked out into the road, rifles held with seeming but practiced casualness down at their sides. “Why, for Christ’s sake?” Jeff asked, exasperated, now.




















