Reality Crisis

John was exhausted. He'd spent the day helping to clean up the carcasses of their disturbing rain. There was good progress being made, but not quite fast enough to keep up with the stench of death in some places. Even on reptiles the smell brought back very unpleasant memories, so even though his body ached from an unusual amount of work, when it came time togo home he instead went out for a walk.

He had struggled a usual amount with some of the more intense action from his past, but John had always found a lot of comfort in his faith and int he teachings of the bible. Even reading the book helped to calm him when he was having a difficult day or night, and he'd certainly had a bad few days. Everybody had.

Finding a quiet spot outside where he could see the stars, the pastor found a seat on a bench. He'd been working and reading for a long while now, so it was nice to just sit, to think on everything that had happened. To reflect, as he looked up at the stars, hands folded neatly in his lap. He was still a solider, though he didn't hold himself like one quite as much anymore. He'd chosen a bench that might have seamed out in the open, but it was with its back to a wall and had a clear view of the street in both directions, near enough to a bar that if anything happened he could find shelter. It was also in the dark, which allowed his eyes to adjust to the light without any nearby street or building lights. It kept him from being high lighted or left an easy target.

Even in the relative safety of the city he was watching out for himself, if only as a trained response to being in a less than stable environment.

Dinah didn't have much time to wallow about the break-up since her days were filled now with assisting in the clean-up efforts around the city. She didn't want to know what the wilds would look like, but she supposed that a small party of people could fan out the clean-up efforts after die Festung was clean.

She was also a little worried about Bruce. He'd left her a note that he was going back to the cave to explore and set things up some more. She knew that he preferred working alone, but she also knew that the world outside the walls of die Festung was brutal.

All the same, she was needed within the city walls so she didn't set out to try to find him. Not just yet. She had kept an eye out for Clark because she would most likely ask Clark to check up on Bruce. Even if it would annoy the Batman, Dinah would rather set her mind at ease. Besides, she had to ask Clark for help in getting rid of the dragon carcass within the cave as well.

For now, she hadn't seen Clark so she was simply keeping busy. Her mind didn't have that much time to wander, which was probably a good thing since there were a lot of less than pleasant things for her mind to dwell on if she'd let on.

Currently, she was making her way back to the apartment building after a long day. She thought she heard a noise down one of the alleys, but she wasn't quite sure. Maybe it was nothing, but just in case she stopped to listen to see if she heard it again.