"I know what you mean," Molly agrees. "Things never stay quiet that long. If it seems like they are, it usually means something's coming." What sort of something is a bit more unknowable, with events ranging from the weird to the truly horrific. Rarely, they're even just sort of funny. But whatever it winds up being, there's always something.

She doesn't think it's the sort of thing a person ever gets used to, but she's at least learned to prepare herself for it. That became necessary a long time ago.

"I don't know if we're at that point yet now, but I think we might be getting close."