NOVA We have been driving for over forty-five minutes since we left the pack house. This is the farthest we have had to drive away since Alpha Chester had started visiting me. The other odd thing is that it is so dead quiet, like something is running through his mind, something that I can’t quite place my finger on. Usually, he often asks how I am and how I am adjusting into my new environment, or he would talk about how he would have loved to have me stay in his pack house rather than come to just visit me and return. Today, it is different, too damn cold! He doesn’t look angry, he is not happy either. Just blank. I wonder what his intentions are, I want to start a conversation too, but I think it’s best if he initiated, perhaps I can tell what is on his mind from what he says. We con

