Sleepy Fox Hollow We stand shoulder to shoulder

"oh, yes," mahler chuckled. "i am ageing is all." and this did not perturb him half so much as it had in the bypass or even before. he looked at the hale soldier beside him. "you vill take this knowledge and share it?" 
it was what he desired after all, and he lifted his chin gently as he glanced away, out toward the hollow. he could teach this man such things, teach his own children. but the skill was in the practice.