#bergen_county

"South by South east"

"Shall we?"

"Aye..." She follows the trail with her father

And so they do.

It takes about a half hour but Frank notices different spots and dabs of the after effect and leads his daugghter to...

A park bench.

ON it, a Fir Bholg sits, brooding , his antlerrs strong and proud

Frank draws his blade; his tire-tapper stays at his side.

Siv draws her own blade

The Fir Bholg looks up, "Giants... mmm somehow I do not thinnk I will get tribute from you"

"Not likely no" Siv says

"No." Frank agrees, moving to flank the Fir Bholg.

"Must we fight?" The Fir Bholgg says "The war is over, is it not?"

"And yet here you are."

"I don't want to fight you. I fell through the dreaming, thought I found onen who would give tribute... but he fell througgh the crack I came through"

"The mortal... the young man" Siv says "You didn't seek to hurt him?" Damn she wishes she was a Gwydion

"I told you" The Fir Bholg rises slowly "I hoped to have him give me tribute to me. He is fond of this world. I liked him. As I am ann old god of this word. I found him worthy to serve"

Frank lifts his blade as the creature rises. "The tributes of this place belong to the Chieftess of Rivervale. You come as a thief."

"I come as a refugee" He snaps! "As a fallen lord in exile! " the area aroundn them swirls, lighting up like a a thunderstorm

Siv's rapier spins, ready to attack if need be

Frank brings his blade to ready. "Fallen lords in exile have taken much from the people of this world."

"Ha.. then go lash down a sidhe.. the Tuatha's favored , the Shining Host" The Fir Bholg's ire turns o amusement

"-You- were the one that tried to interfere with a mortal in this barony."

"I stumbled upon him... and trried to TALK... no wonder the elves own you if all you giants are so dim. I did not cast him away, he fled me out of ignorance.. so what is my crime when I touched him not?"

Siv says "Chieftain Brekke RULES here. It is her demense. You are not kithain, you have no right to hearth or hospitality"

"Back from where you came, Adhene." Frank tells him "That is the best offer you will get today."

"You think I fear you more than my own kind? " he snorts "Away from me..."

"And...what is that beeping?"

Frank and Siv's cellphonnes beep

It's from Vali!