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“Ah, I see,” Bishop nodded knowingly “The one good thing about all of this is that it’s really brought people together Strangers helping strangers, getting to know one another” She finished her thought, then cocked her head, narrowing her eyes at Lazlo “I’m sorry, but do I know you from somewhere? You seem so familiar to me”
“Um… I used to be famous,” Lazlo said sheepishly
“He was in a band, Emeriso,” Harlow said, which only made Lazlo squir, but her expression faded Her eyes got faraway, thinking of sohter listens to them, to you Well, she used to She would be so excited that you were here”
The state in the air for a moment, a familiar senti had lost someone, if not everyone, who ether once, breaking herself out of her funk “They took all your clothes from you, yes?”
“We only had the clothes on our backs anyway,” Harlow shrugged
“We have clothing here that you’re welcos we’ve made,” Bishop said, and Harlow’s face lit up “I’ll take you down there to get some All the towels and blankets in here are all you have, so treat the them up to dry Unfortunately, we don’t have laundry soap, but we ht end up doing yourself
“All the estured soht “All the food has to be rationed here We have so to be ed her head, as if the idea only seeetting there
“You’ll all be assigned work detail, once you get settled in, but we give you a day or two to get rest up fro I looked worse than I thought I did “It’s , etc So far, the government and the soldiers handle the ether, and everyone is being taken care of That’s what counts”
“Do you know ifto , and I think he’s in theout here, no,” Bishop shook her head “But if he’s in the building, then I wouldn’t know They keep most of that separate from us You’d have to talk to the soldiers about that”
“I understand,” I sighed
“Why don’t I take you to get some clothes, and show you around the place?” Bishop rubbed her hands together and looked at us
There was no way I could wander around here, bleeding everywhere, and my body definitely didn’t want to I ached all over
“Um, I’d like to pass on that for now, if that’s okay,” I said Harlow looked at ht it o ahead You can pick out clothes for me I’m sure you know my size”
“Are you sure?” Harlow asked, but she was already brightening
“Yeah, go ahead,” I nodded
“I think I’onna stay behind too” Lazlo rubbed the back of his neck
Bishop wished us well and promised to see us for lunch, and she and Harlow left As soon as the screen door slammed shut behind them, Iup the blood, and hobbled over to the couch on the other side of the trailer It hurt like hell to walk The pain was getting worse