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"Oh," said Bodo ood guy, huh?"

"Yeah He was a good guy A really good guy" I think he would have likedhe ended up being, even with all the adversity he’d suffered, and Bodo, because of his boundless energy and constant happiness, despite all the reasons he had to be sad

"My job is going to be getting our food stores set up and contingency plans in place I also like to cook," said Peter

"I have no idea what uys how to do soa"

"You are in charch of our defenses Dat’s iood defenses, ill be da dinner"

I don’t knohy, but his words roup

We continued on for another two hours in relative silence before Peter spoke up "Do you guys ry"

"No, I think it’s a good idea How about we stop at a car this tihway seems kind of abandoned I haven’t heard any sounds or seen any lights up ahead at all," I said "Maybe we could sleep on the seats or soe"

"I’m okay to rest for a while," said Bodo

I pulled up next to a large SUV that was parked on the shoulder I got offsure there weren’t any surprises within I don’t knohat I expected to see, but I did it anyway Nothing seemed out of the ordinary

Bodo tried all the doors and they were locked

"Well, that’s duas when there’s no uess Old habits die hard"

Bodo went over to the side of the road and ca it to smash the driver’s sideso he could reach inside to unlock the doors

I went over to the passenger side and cli Buster down on the floor in the back seat He i all the parts of the car thataround

Bodo reached over and opened up the glove box I pulled things out of it, wondering why I’d never thought about doing this before People usually kept all kinds of good things in their cars This one had ht, which I tested and found still worked I stuck it in the waistband of um back here"

He handed a piece up tosuffered the Florida heat for who kno long I stuckelse?"

"Nope There’s a gas can in the back but it’s empty And a blanket"

"We’ll take the blanket We have rooot out of the car and went over to the trailer, pulling out the things we’d need for our dinner Bodo caether we set up the sot the noodles and sauce ready

"Uuys?" asked Peter fro on the canister of fuel to the stove

"I think you should coanizing the few dishes and utensils we had, to try and make a real event of this meal

"Just coency, so I put the things doasimportant that you couldn’t just tell me …?" My voice trailed off as"Are those …?"

"I think so," said Peter in a hushed voice "No wonder the doors were locked"

"What’s up, guys?" asked Bodo over my shoulder

I stepped back so he could take a look

"Whoa Dose are tiny boo open da back"

"Grenades, Bodo," corrected Peter, absently, still focused on the SUV’s cargo area

A couple seconds later the back of the SUV opened and Bodo’s eager face appeared He pulled the blanket the rest of the way off of the black, heavy plastic case and slid the whole thing over to the edge of the tailgate, his eyes scanning the contents left and right, up and down "Dis iss arenades in here"

"I think there’s more underneath It’s like two layers of them in foam"