Luke arrived at the chief's house and saw Gary deep in conversation with a stranger.
When they noticed him, the chief turned toward Luke and said, "He'll be working with you. His name is Larry."
Larry immediately tensed up. "Just as an observer," he quickly added.
He went on to explain, "I'll stay at the top of the house. If anything goes wrong, I'll blow the horn to warn you."
Luke crossed his arms and studied the man. Thick arms, solid build, plenty of scars that spoke of real experience… and yet he was saying this?
"Just an observer?" Luke asked, one eyebrow raised. "You look like someone who's more used to being in the middle of the fight."
Gary gave a tired eye-roll. "An incident took away whatever courage he had left."
"Hey!" Larry shot back. "At least I showed up to help. That's more than most of the others can say."
Luke let out a quiet sigh. "Fine. Just make sure you cover all the hot spots where we could get ambushed."
