[color=00a651]"Well..."[/color]

The girl looked uncertain for the first time all day, and cured the look by putting a cinnamon stick in her mouth and chewing on it thoughtfully. The only other person who had seen it was DRU, who the others did not consider a person at all, merely a tool brainwashed by Kimiko. They didn't know him like Kimiko did.

<<[b][color=f49ac2]I T 'S  S O  E X C I T I N G  T O  B E  H E R E[/color][/b]>>

His words filled her with courage.

[color=00a651]"It was a mask. Or...or a whole conk, but giving it the up-and-down it sure spied like a mask. It was just bumping gums right in the back of the truck, and all that golden fog was breezing from it. Thought I was pooped for sure. But one sock to the beezer and it knocked right off. Should still be back in the heap where I gave it the kiss off - it didn't take a powder or nothing."[/color]