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Yesterday there was more going on than it seemed at first glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was over there several times.
At the farmer\u2019s.
At his wife\u2019s.
We ate pelmeni.
In between, I got things done.
Laptop with me.
A bit of internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No clear sequence.
Everything fit together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And somewhere in between,
the door wasn\u2019t quite closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi and Minna are allowed outside.
They know this.
They go along into the barn.
They move safely around the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, though, they set out deliberately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were searching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which means:
Minna probably wasn\u2019t looking for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019s in heat.
And that explains a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She knows that old red tomcat.
By sight.
He belongs there.
He\u2019s there.
And he\u2019s not friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna is open about such things.
Curious.
Very direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi, on the other hand, isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi has a problem with that tomcat.
Has for a while.
Territory, maybe.
Or just plain antipathy.
Adi is big.
And not very diplomatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they met,
there was tension immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The red tomcat arched his back.
Stared.
Adi stood there,
as he always does:
too big,
too close,
and even a little overwhelmed by the situation himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It could have tipped over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was there.
I intervened.
Separated them,
took both of them with me,
and brought them back over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, it was clear:
That was it for yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today they weren\u2019t allowed out at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No discussion.
No open doors.
No risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And today itself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today was calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost conspicuously calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna is still awake,
but less driven.
Adi is lying down a lot.
Watching.
Slowly relaxing again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday was the limit.
Today is a pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes that\u2019s exactly
what it takes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n