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"Thank you!"

"You’re welcome Make sure to drink plenty of water" Heon the curb next to Katie, she eagerly tore into the her lunch bag

Jenni bit into her peanut butter and jelly sandwich hungrily while Katie gulped down a bottle of water

"Oh God, when did water start tasting so good!" Katie grinned and wiped her mouth on the back of her hand

"When peanut butter and jelly started tasting likejust tastes better now days"

Three of the new people joined the group The older woman looked like one of the artist-types that used to inhabit South Austin with her long flowing hair and funky way of putting clothes together Rune ith her and a tall,dark hair

"Hey, Rune!" she waved, s on her sandwich

"Hey, Jenni Good to see ya," Rune answered, sitting on the curb

"They got you working?"

"Volunteered Figured I ratefully accepted a lunch and bottle of water fro friend

"Rune gave me a ride into town the other day His bike is very cool,"

Jenni said to Katie

"I heard that Nice to meet you, Rune I’m Katie"

"Good to ht he seemed pretty nice As he tore into his sandwich, she happily chewed on her own She was hoping she could get another ride on his bike if the good weather kept up

Charlotte came over, sat down next to thehtful, her hand straying to the pocket where she kept her notes She was a rather plain woman with mousy hair and a bland face But her brown eyes were keen and her gaze intense

"How are you today, Charlotte?" the Reverend asked as he handed out water bottles

"Figuring it out still, Padre," Charlotte answered

"Figuring what out?" Jenni asked

"The zo them," Charlotte answered around a mouthful of food

"Yeah, we noticed that," Katie said as she pulled the crusts off her sandwich "Jenni said you were up on the roof watching soed the crusts and shoved them in her mouth

Charlotte sed a bit of sandwich and drank a little water "I’ure out how they tick We have to know our enereed He continued to hand out water and bagged lunches as ?" Rune asked

"Well," Charlotte hesitated, then bobbed her head "I noticed a few things

I’ to put it all into a report for the council, but basically there are a few funda very slowly

The regular process of decay is just not happening: the bloat of the body as the gases inside build up, rigorzo?" Jenni blinked

"Gases build up in the body as it decays norases burst the body But no, nothing like that

Justslowslowrot"

"And they’re fast in the beginning That is so breaking the rules," Jenni said with disappointe hiccup

Rune handed her another bottle of water as he said to Charlotte, "I noticed that they kinda beat theed real da"