*I'll remember that* I said, continuing my exploration while we worked our way toward the cars.
Once we arrived at the parking area where we began I could sense that Brandon was ready to shift. And that he was going to do it right in front of me! I wished there was a way I could keep him from shifting until I could get to the other side of my car. I really had no desire to see him like that. I quickly loped around to the other side of my car so that I had a little privacy to shift myself. Once I got where I wanted to be, I shifted into human form as quickly as I could before placing my thumb on the small panel on the driver’s door to unlock the car. I opened the rear door and dressed in the clothes I had stacked on the seat earlier. I was just slipping my sandals onto my feet on as Brandon came around the side of the car.
"Hey! Why'd you do that?" He demanded indignantly.
"Do what?" I asked, confused.
"Keep me from shifting."
"How could I have done that, I have no clue how shifting works. How on earth could I have done anything to stop it?"
"Well you did something. I was going to shift and it was like I was being restricted, like someone was holding me in wolf form. Then you walked around the car and out of sight and suddenly I could shift. It had to be you. You're the only other person out here."
"Well, I didn't stop you on purpose. I wished you would wait until I was out of sight but I had no clue I was actually keeping you from shifting."
"Hmmm…I guess it might be possible that your desire for me not to shift in front of you kept me from shifting if you are developing that Talent. The only person in the pack that I know of who can do that is our Harmonia, so I'm not exactly sure how it works either."
"I'm supposed to meet her tomorrow, I think. Bill said that was the first time that everyone's schedules made it possible."
"Good. Be sure and let them know what you did here."
"I will, I'll tell Bill when I see him in the morning." I said, pulling on my watch. I glanced down at the face and I was surprised to find that we had been out for several hours. I sat down on the rear seat of the car where the door was still open, and reached around behind me and grabbed the cloth bag full of stuff I’d picked up at the grocery store. I pulled out one of the shakes and shook it for a minute before popping the seal and draining it in one long drink.
"You want one?" I offered the other to Brandon as he stood in front of me, watching me.
"No, thanks. I had the rabbit, remember? But those are a really good idea, they might not keep well in the car during the heat of the summer, but they'll work the rest of the year. Plus they're full of lot of good nutrients."
"That's what I thought when I saw them in the grocery store. Quick, easy calories and they aren't totally nasty, like those protein bars, either."
I pulled an apple out of the bag and offered it to Brandon, he accepted this offer and said "Thanks." He polished the skin against the front of his shirt before taking a large bite. I pulled a second apple from the bag and bit into it myself. The crisp flesh squirted juice into my mouth with every bite. It was one of the best apples I could remember eating in years. We ended up pulling out a short time later and parted ways.
That evening I received a call from Bill that evening reminding me that I was supposed to come by his house the next morning, and plan to be there a while, he had some information to give me and it would probably take a while.
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