I reached the urban area and stopped the jeep in front of the store, where, with luck, I might find everything I needed to get by. Where no business was big enough or well stocked enough, and if you wanted to buy several things from different departments, you usually had to cross half the town searching. I tried not to make too much of a problem out of it; after all, how long was I going to have those strange beings in my house? No idea. I slipped my wallet into the pocket of my coat, thinking about the credit card limit, but in the end I didn’t get out of the vehicle. No. I simply stayed there for a couple of minutes. A terrible exhaustion and an unfamiliar heaviness ran down my arms and legs. I felt weak, drowsy. A little dizzy, too. I hadn’t eaten anything solid since dinner the nigh

