“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” -Ernest Hemingway The first reaction of all of those in the group was fear. There was chatter amongst them about the cannibals and the shots that were fired at them earlier. It began turning into an argument when Dickie stood and said, “Listen, there is a chance that they could be trouble, but after looking around at everything, I don’t think so.” Ray spoke, saying, “What gives you that impression Dickie?” Dickie said, “Mostly a gut feeling, but it was the stance of those with the guns. They were not at all comfortable with them. I think they genuinely want to help.” John stepped forward saying, “I think we can trust them. We will post guard shifts just in case, but it is what we would have to do anyway. One thing that helps is we will have better cover there in the house than we have here in the woods.”
