the colony

Characters: Tom and Searle.
Location: On the farm grounds, then in Tom and Searle’s room.
Summary: Tom makes good on a promise to punish Searle for forgetting his guard duty, and afterward they talk about Jack and the consequences of being intimate.
Rating: PG-13

( 'We’ve treated you as an adult because you’ve been very mature for your age and you’ve been doing an adult’s work. Were we wrong to do that?' )

Characters: Tom and Searle.
Location: Rogue River National Forest
Summary: Tom and Searle sit by the campfire and learn more about each other.
Rating: PG-13 to be on the safe side.

( 'One thing I’ve learned over the years in relationships is that in a woman’s mind men are always at fault.' )

Characters: Tom and Searle.
Location: Siena Suites; amid the ruins of the garden area.
Summary: Tom and Searle talk about the raid and about manhood.
Rating: PG-13 for language.

( “Taking the lot of you into deliberate combat would be suicidal )

Characters: Tom Galloway and Searle
Location: Siena Suites.
Summary: Searle comes to free Tom and brings him up to speed on what’s happened.
Rating: PG-13 for language and implied violence.

( It was Jared. And Luc's -- dead. )

Characters: Tom and Searle.
Location: Siena Suites.
Summary: Tom comes back from a run and encounters Searle practicing his skateboarding.
Rating: G

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