<strong>Carlos and Sophie</strong><br/><br/>You think Harmony's expression softens a bit.  Maybe.<br/><br/>"Ain't yer fault," she says to Carlos.  "But I reckon ol' Willy over there may be the last of his folks, given what seems to be goin' on out there.  Whatever the hell happened, it ain't easy on the mere mortals.  Still...yeah, you got a point.  It's the right thing to do."<br/><br/>She turns to Sophie...and yes, she's definitely checking you out.<br/><br/>"When the ward around Cameron dropped, I did the one thing I've wanted to do for over thirty years.  I ran for it.  Had some old and unfinished business to take care of, and one of those things led me here.  It was, uhm, kind of personal."  Is that a blush?  It is.  "Dead end, though, so I ended up taking care of another bit of business while I was around to do it.  Not quite so old, but I found out that one of the head honchos of the mining company out here had that in his basement."<br/><br/>She jerks a thumb at the ruined portal.<br/><br/>"Gotta admit I know where the boy gets his 'saving the world' tendency."  She sounds dolefully proud.  "For my trouble I got shanghai'd.  And here I am."   She gestures at the remains of the ogre.  "And there lies the fucker that did it.  So there's that.  Now this shit-hole two horse town can go back to being nice and safe and normal again."<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, she glances at Carlos once more.<br/><br/>"Y'all heard those radio broadcasts out of Kansas?"<br/>