Randal straightened up front under the hood and scratched his head for a moment. "I wouldn't worry to much. What ever it is the police can handle it. There's not to much that goes on out here at night. Probably some good old boy is driving drunk." He did not want to worry her. "As to the oil... yes would be bad." He tried to keep any trace of derision out of his voice. His mama did not raise him to belittle women under any circumstances. His father had never been the most loving or talkative of men, and he owed his good nature to his mother's love and raising. Besides, he had plenty of things he didn't know much about that she probably would know, like flagging down a cab, or riding a subway, though he could not imagine what it would be like to ride in a box, fifty feet down. "We can try changing the oil, and if that doesn't get you on your way, there's a mechanic's shop open in the morning. I could run and get you some oil, you could ride along with me, or we could tow your car, if that's what you want." He pointed to the rear bed of his truck. "Got a hitch and a chain. I don't much like leaving you out here on your own anyways, unless that's what you want." It wouldn't be as smooth pulling her car as calling the tow truck in the morning, and might scratch up the bottom of her bumper a bit, but it could be done. He waited for her to make her decision, as the police siren got closer and closer. His mama always said to say a quick prayer, when he heard a siren, because you never knew who it was sounding for. He figured that was about right. Though he wasn't much of a praying man, he said a quick prayer anyway, to make his mama happy. A white and black sedan with a red headed driver and a flashing siren moved toward them out of the darkness, and then bulleted past, heading in the direction he had seen the especially bright meteor earlier. He waved at the fleeting car, wondering again where the deputy was headed. They only hand one sheriff and two deputies, and Deputy Reynolds almost always worked the graveyard shift.