Then in the chaos, they are separated and he flees the city with a small group that includes her sister, just back from studying in Poland, or was it Estonia? He avoids the little Estonian in deference to his love. But in the days that follow and the fears of the journey, they walk closer and laugh at nervous jokes and she hides in his coat when the wind blows and takes his hand at a sudden noise. Then they are often walking hand in hand. Nothing more has happened. She is pretty. She has a small frame, but an out sized personality; a bit of a wild child. She tells him stories of using her mother’s prescriptions to FedEx strange herbal drugs to Estonia. “They got you very high,” she said, “But also helped build Amino Acids…. so it didn’t feel like vice.” He smiles and nothing more has happened, but he has fallen in love with the sister just back from Estonia. He can’t help himself. It’s like the one sister has nudged the other sister right out of him. “What a mess,” he thinks and then he realizes that they are all going to die under the foot of a giant lizard. He kisses her beside a burnt tree. More happens.