The last two deliveries have been trivial. I have been driving the whole time since that disaster. I figure nobody is going to scream at or hit the guy driving you around.

Z: We shall never talk about what happened in there today.

Our phones simultaneously beep with instructions for lodging in a „safe house“

L: At least we’ll save money

M: That means that they do not care that we know that they want us to know that they can listen in

Z: How sure are we that we are talking about humans? Could they be so alien that they don’t care?

P: We are merely using logic. And they can use logic.

Z: That is not entirely true. That tells us that they could understand our reasoning. It does not mean that they bother thinking about such things.

We fall silent.

P: Nevertheless we must at least assume that they are listening.

Z: Yes

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We are having fish for dinner. Zora knows the city and some spots for good eating. We are happy to have children who love fish.

P: I almost forgot. Lidija, could you research on the net whether the transformed have some dietary requirements ordinary humans do not have?

Z: That is a sobering thought. I wanted to go to a pharmacy anyway. I’ll get supplements.

P: Have I mentioned that medication probably does no longer work on us two like it should? What is the issue.

Z: I don’t want to talk about it.

P: OK, OK. I’ll be silent.

L: By the way, did I see that guy slip you a letter?

Z: Jealous?

L: Totally.

M: For not getting letters or not delivering letters?

Hilarity ensues.

S: What is so funny? What were you talking about in English?

The question makes it funnier.

L: No seriously, what did they write?

Z: An invitation to go northeast, where they say they have access to monsters via something they call a „tap of the Grid“. And contact details.

M: Why do they want us to have contact with monsters?

P: Because I can loot for them without spending coins. On the contrary I create them.

M: Wasn’t that the deal you had with that Lisa woman?

P: Sort of, yes.

M: You are not looking happy.

P: We almost died doing that.

M: Dieing is not good

Z: I do not like it, but if we want power we will have to fight and take some risks. Safety now is doom later.

M: I don’t like this.

P: We can take a few days to prepare.

L: How long did the message say we can stay in the safe house?

Z: Two days.

P: We’ll take as much time as it needs. If we need to pay for a hotel we will.

L: Going authoritarian?

P: When I said we almost died I meant it literally.