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The hints so far are Michael can communicate with the animals. There is nothing yet about sensing the hidden feelings of humans who are much more complex. Is it possible? Maybe yes, maybe no.

This type scenario strikes chords with me. I had a friend who was unjustly charged with capital murder some thirty five years ago. It destroyed his life. He lost his job and reputation and took ten long years for the preponderance of evidence against the prosecution to force them to drop the case. He never got a public apology.

Or addlepated.

All of my drawers are junk drawers. I get terrified whenever I go to someone's house and I'm confronted with orderly drawers. It's so unnatural.

If Michael can't remember a fight, he might not remember it if he killed Sam. I might as well get it out there. He is also ticking all the other prime suspect boxes of means, motive, and opportunity. I also suspect he will have no alibi for the time of death since he lives alone. People have been convicted on less.

There are many tidbits in this chapter. Michael didn't have an easy childhood. You can exist with only the necessities, but a child needs more. It seems Chase and Billie are his only pleasant memories. We have the curiosity of the wave of hate the wolves felt, an oddity which must have a source and meaning, but who was it directed at and why did it dissipate so quickly? Why can't Michael remember the fight with Sam which others recalled so easily? He should have tried to learn more to fill in the gap in his memory. Both anger and memory loss are common with victims with PTSD. Chase will know this as well and it's not so good he knows. The trip to the FBI office and Chase's demeanor are bad omens of what is to come. Michael is being too trusting and this will not go well.

I've never heard this one used. You more often here birdbrain, nitwit, or ditz.

It's been popularly used in older cemeteries for this reason.

This was an excellent read. The plot was well crafted and we had characters both to cheer for and revile.

Nothing like being shot at and having your family threatened to quell any lingering doubts over shooting back. When you misplace ordinance as lethal as rocket launchers, you have some severe inventory control problems.

Someone in North Korea neglected to disarm the SAMs in the same way they have troops parading with empty guns. I knew Tom and Brad not calling for backup right away was a bad idea.

I guess the messenger drew the short straw.

It should be noted internments began during WWI with German Americans. German Americans and Italian Americans were also interned during WWII, though in fewer numbers than the Japanese. This was more out of practicality than desire since the numbers would have been in the millions. Unlike the Italians and Japanese, German detainees have never been given an official apology.

Periwinkle is considered invasive and will choke out all plants in its area.

The worst part of this is we know this is really happening there now.

The mask requirement sign was prescient,as was the comment about making people feel better.

We see the problems of a group giving commands who don't understand the technical side of battle capabilities and it's wiping them out.

Same thing I was thinking.

Even more so with a broader array of foes.

Excellent tension and pacing. The Chinese are going to get hit hard.

Fast paced just as it would be in a shooting war. I'd say Seadragon should have taken out her targets before they reached their firing point.

I miss Carlin. Lithium metal is more reactive to water than metallic sodium. I remember some of us getting the sodium from the high school chemistry lab and throwing it into the lake from the back of a speedboat. It was like being chased by a mortar down the lake as the explosive reactions kept hurling it back out of the water.

Texas, Louisiana, and California represent 59% of US capacity. There are refineries in 30 states, but distributing it without those primary producers would be a logistical nightmare, plus most of the imported crude is refined there. This is about to get extremely nasty.

Eagle Rock sounds like a fortress with its three foot thick concrete walls, but those RPGs will go through five feet. They got lucky there at the end.

Tom is giving these murdering thugs more of a chance than they deserve.