"Good to see the kids out playing again."

"That it is. They were going crazy cooped up inside all that time."

"Me, too. I was tired of playing Monopoly by lantern light."

I laughed. We were all so stir crazy, but it had been better to stay home rather than go out. "It's good that the main furor passed us by."

She nodded, her smile fading while she watched the children. "It's too bad about Fred, though."

"It is," I agreed. "What he did was dangerous, but necessary. Now that the landmines are cleared, the children can play outside again."