There was no particular hurry for the vampires to progress along their trail: they could last a week without dialysis… as long as they allowed for how weak they would be near the end of that time period. Fortunately blood-sight improves with blood-loss, so the treasure map would always be visible.
BISHOP » HENRY Later I would find out we were the first successful raid of a satellite cave. This is not surprising given we were in completely plain and conspicuous sight: the Living Vehicle RV looks like nothing you would find in Bishop, and people in the area know trucks well enough to recognize the 450 isn’t within most people’s income level. Combine them together, and I am surprised the neighbors weren’t knocking on our door all day long for a tour. Instead we had a constant flow of dialysis patients as we had completely replaced the local clinic. Instead of friendly and curious neighbors though, a curious Bishop Country sheriff named Walt knocked on the door. I simply let Walt in and showed him around. I presented our sterile equipment and facility, explained how this was just like home peritoneal dialysis (so clearly legal), described how I was trained in hemodialysis, etc. Walt very politely listened to me and then decided I should hang out at the police station while he talked with the district attorney. Given I could be charged with a crime — Walt wasn’t sure what the crime was, but felt pretty certain a crime had been committed — I should probably contact a lawyer if I had one. Mark had given me the FaceTime information for someone named ‘John’ and said to FaceTime him if there were any problems. So I ‘dialed’ the 510 phone number at the relatively pleasant time of 9AM, and a distinguished lawyerly man answered. Is he a vampire too? Does he know about vampires? Is that knowledge attorney client privileged? - 101 -
