> He took a few peanuts. "Thanks" he said. "Can we not right now please?" He said as he looked at Cerys and the other girl. He ate the peanuts and ran his fingers over his wound.

"Yeah" said Philip, as he pulled out additional containers of food.  When he heard the little girl mention the Blades patrols, and the other girl mentioned she hadn't seen this many Blades in a while.  "From what I gather from their website, they just got a new Commanding Office.  He's trying to make a name for himself by, in his words, 'defeating the terrorist menace.'  I was actually out here tonight to make fools out of them and put the video on the internet.  It's hard to be a hero when everyone's laughing at you."

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Justin threw a rope over the branch he was standing on earlier and and hoisted the carcass.  "You'll need to slit the skin on its belly and pull out the guts."  He pulled out a folding shovel from his bag.  "I'll dig a pit to bury them in so we don't attract more Coyotes."  As he dug he asked her, "So you see ghosts too, huh?  Does that mean you'll be haunted by all of the dead Blades on the island too?"