Friday, June 1, 2018

Failure of Biological Reason

72.

"I guess for me I struggle with trying to figure out how." Gilbert and Clarissa had climbed a tree, there were four of the large leech creatures below looking for the, though Gilbert had correctly surmised they could not see.

"How what?" Clarissa regretted picking up the phone when Gilbert had called, she regretted it more than anything else she had done that day.

"There is no way this many large creatures have subsisted here eating fish wildlife and people, something else is going on."

"Could we solve this mystery when we aren't about to be the victim of it? And you said they don't have eyes but what about ears can't they hear us?" Clarissa had been whispering, Gilbert didn't feel the need to.

"If they had ears they'd be up in this tree right now, must be smell or some kind of ground sense."

"Wonderful Gilbert, as long as we don't smell or step on the ground we'll be fine."

"They'll probably give up and go kill something else after a time, reminds me of one time I had got stuck on top of a roof for three days in arizona, man that was awful, by the time I got down I was so thirsty."

"Not making it any better Gilbert."

"It shouldn't take three days, I mean weekend is coming up, people will be showing up."

"Really not helping now Gilbert." Gilbert shrugged.

"Was just trying to look on the bright side."

"That someone else might die? That's not a bright side."

"Could be a cougar, you know those things are the real killers, friend of mine."

"Gilbert stop making it worse."


****

Five hours later the creatures had gone off somewhere else enough for Gilbert to feel confident he could climb down. Clarissa wanted him to do it first in case they were hiding, Gilbert thought she was being silly but could tell she was angry enough to just follow her request. They moved as gingerly as possible to the van and Gilbert rearmed himself with his usual kit of supplies.

"What if they just like disappeared?"

"Like what we imagined them? No, they are out there, and we've got a job to do."

"A job we aren't be paid for."

"Oh we'll get paid," Gilbert locked a harness into place and checked the bullets in his revolver, "Someone is putting up the bill for this."

"Or we'll get killed."

"Nah, I'm not dying on my birthday, some other day sure, my birthday? Too perfect circle." Clarissa laughed. The gallows humor would make the long night go a lot easier, she also didn't want to inform Gilbert he was wrong, it wasn't his birthday anymore.

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