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Amused look "Why would she be offended?"

"No, then she'll think she has to mix it up..."

"Maybe she understands that some souls need a little stabiility in their lives"

"She makes good pb&j, okay?"

"No weird bread, no seeds, no sunbutter"

"No denying it's a good PBJ, my compliments to the chef" he says quickly

"Hmph"

("Vali probably likes sunbutter")

A gentle cautious shrug

Frank clears his throat.

"What?"

"Mmph." (I'm a King. I speak grunt.)

"Hmph." (Well, am I wrong?)

Vali smiles at ..something

"Vali, how do you feel about sunflower seeds?"

"I Find them pretty tasty," He says honestly.

"Hmph."

An amused mutter which they might or might not hear

Frank coughs lightly.

Lot west, little bit south, traffic gets heavier... though still lighter than normal... and they see Memphis.

Frank takes a breath. "Ok. Let me drop you outside the motel, I'll drop the trailer and head back, join you. Vali, can you handle check in?"

"And then we smash the bad guys?"

"Yeah, sure thing. " He says "With luck, extra 'tall' beds.."

"Dagmar, first we have to find them."

"GOod news is, we have the streets they hang out in," Vali says "And I have an idea or two to lure them. " A smile . Once they stop, he gets out "Coming with me, Sam?"

"Yeah yeah..."

He gets out, gets a few things, and walks into the check in desk

"I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Don't start the fun without us, Frank" Vali says as and goes in

"You either."

Dag shoulders her bag, drifting off a bit to look around.

And the Rig rumbleroars off.

The motel looks like its seen better days... and Dagmar can see a ffew folks ahead of Vali checking in. They look skittish, gray, like expecting doom...

Brow furrow

They make their room request, and want to make sure the maid cleaned it recently.

"They sick?" Under her breath.

Vali says "Scared...close to being beyond cautious and turning, well, miserable."

On the other end, behind her, voices burst up "Yeah, bet they charge for nothing" "I'ts all a hoax anyway..." it's a stupid sort of banality behind them not too autumn, but annoying as folks stomp up to her like there's no such thing as personal space.

The new crowd behind them are not scared, but any sluagh would know their lack of fear was more due to a lack of imagination than any virtue

A grunt-scowl. "Hey." An eyebrow of 'back off.'

"Hey, not our fault, get htis line moving already..." The guy with the 'so cool' shades behind her smirks and then says louder to the guy at the Desk "Chop Chop"

Vali glances back as the line moves forward.. a little

"Line is moving, calm your tits."

"You better keep your bitch on a leash, buddy" The guy looks over at Vali

And his buddies snicker.

Vali turns, "Mister... don't."

Eyeroll. "Fuckin' Boomer."

"Don't? " the guy says "Don't what?" The slight chill of him then his a scowl at the Boomer part "She's a mouthy little..."

A teenagerish look of pure contempt.

Vali sighs, and then looks at him, "Your father's going to die from the thing you think is a hoax. April 11th, he'll catch it. April 18th? He'll be slopping up mucus, pink and hard to read... from the bottom of his lungs... the one strong man you knew will be stagger and gasp and be confused. "