Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. -Benjamin Franklin
"Things are handled differently here in New Mexico. They're not as cut-and-dry as they are in Texas. And I can take care of myself."
"It may not be Texas, but I don't believe people would turn a blind eye. I can't see them turning their heads and allowing others to come in and rob them blind. Plus, I can take care of myself, or have you conveniently forgotten what I did in the cave when you left me?"
"I was scouting the area for a safe route. God, you make it sound like I abandoned you."
"You did."
"What do you not understand? The excavation site was actually looted, and there's little the police can do about it right now without leads. There were men with gun
