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


    The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.


    --


    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.