Bearclaw Valley help is on the way

blondine smiled, her crooked teeth peeking through stretched lips. she struck a pose, just the same as she had before, and batted her lashes (the ones she still used) for an extra twinkle. darlin', i'm too pretty to forget. 

there was really nothing remarkable about blondine; one might have even called her ugly with the scars across her face. she was quite ordinary — on the outside, anyway. 

you didn't disturb a thing. she turned to walk across larus's path, deciding that she preferred his right side to the left. i told ya, i came here lookin' for you. it was nice to have a friend again, even with a memory as shot as his. blonnie didn't mind it one bit.