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"Oh god the sand. So much sand." He stared off into space. "You know, there are far too many of them to count." He looked at Devlin. "When most people use that phrase there are only a few things they can say it about; mice in the house, ants in the yard, stars in the sky. When you or I use the phrase it becomes grotesque. When it comes to us it pertains only to death. Too many bodies, too many bullets, too many enemies." He smiled. "That's my favorite part of life and why I'm glad I was enabled to stay and fight longer. I may be bent mentally. I'm still stable morally though. No one believes a man whose blood flows and has no pulse." He took another long drag from the cigar. "The real reason I found my way to this place is because humanity has damned me. They see my body and the achievements it has accomplished. My soul has apparently fleeted. I'm nothing more than a shell housing a demon now. Or so I am told." He laughed loudly. "Maybe"

"I'll drink to that. Though you will have to lead me to your liquor cabinet first." He held up the empty flask. "It seems as though my cup runneth empty."

Cody simply chuckled. Still star-gazing. "I may have forgotten to mention a SLIGHT hitch." He turned over his shoulder and gave the same look they used to give each other when something needed to be said and couldn't be said aloud.

Cody laughed and sarcastically said "The only languages I speak fluently are English, German, and Chaos. I tend to let the violence convey its message." He continued to laugh, staring at Devlin waiting for the boose. Cody unwrapped yet another cigar and raised it to his lips and lit it.

Cody raised his glass. "To health brother." He turned the glass upside down. The fluid raced out of the shot glass and seemingly directly to Codys stomach. He set the glass on the railing and began to fill it again. "What is the first order of business, and just what the hell was it that attacked me on the edge of the island?" He raised his shirt, taking a look at the wound he received for the first time since it was inflicted. "That b*****d took a rather large chunk out of me. Couldn't have been human. No human I've fought hand to hand has been able to lay a finger on me since the incident in the desert." He slammed the second shot and took another hit off of his cigar.

Cody shook his head slightly. "It didn't seem so much hostile as it did defensive. As if it were just protecting the island. Or maybe just that particular piece. It was big enough though it could possibly try to expand its area of inhabitance." While he spoke he had filled his shot glass yet again and at the end of his reply had turned it yet again upside down. "The only place I've seen anything akin to this was in Germany. It's called a Wulver. A kind of werewolf that has not, nor has ever had a human side. When in Germany I thought I had seen one at one time. They're territorial but no aggressive. Never the less I suppose if that is the case then it very well could become an issue of security."

Cody nodded. "The possibility of riling it up is present though. Even considering that I still believe it to be a good idea. If it snaps on me, it only means that is how deeply the children have to wonder off to piss it off. Then if is to attack me, I will handle it. It would also make a good piece of equipment for training and research for the students here." He smiled. "I believe I will do that now actually. After a few more shots of 'do-it fluid'" He laughed and took 3 shots of the Vodka back-to-back."Back in a jiff" He said as he hurtled himself from the balcony into the yard below.

~Later~

Ana gave a quick knock on the door before going into her fathers apartment. She didn't know if it was fine to just walk in. They had lived together before Emma and her got a room. Even then her mother had raised her on openness. Her mother had never locked Ana out of of the master bedroom.