You walk downstairs with Bubba and sit at the table. Grandpa was sitting at the head of the table and Nubbins and Chop top were sitting next to each other yelling about something. Drayton sets out plates and cups and Bubba sits next to you. Drayton sits at the other end and you all start eating. Bubbas the only one using his hands. You poke at the meat on your plate. You've never seen this kind of meat before.

"Um Drayton what kinda meat is this?" You ask.

"Oh it's uh raccoon. I'm sorry but uh it's hard to find meat out here." He smiles and you awkwardly smile back. You pick it up with your fork and eat it. It doesn't taste too bad the the texture is weird.

"I um didn't know raccoons lived this far out here." You say looking down at your plate.

"Oh yeah there's all sorts of animals down here. One time we got real lucky and found a big deer. We got to eat it for a week. It made some pretty good head cheese." Chop top says quickly cutting into his meat. You avoid looking at him and Bubba pats your leg, in a reassuring way.

"So uh y/n where do ya live?" Drayton asks.

"Oh uh El Paso. It's kinda far. How do y'all live out here? The nearest store must've miles."

"Oh uh D-D-Drayton goes to the store once a week. I-I-I work at a meat packing plant. I have p-p-pictures..." Nubbins pulls pictures out of a little fur nap-sack around his neck. He hands them to you and you look at the gory images of slaughtered cows.

"That's um really um nice..." You hand them back and look over at Bubba feeding grandpa. He's eating a soup. You're shocked to see him actually putting his lips around the spoon and swallowing. You thought Drayton was lying when he said he was a 122 years old but apparently he was still pushing. "He must be really healthy huh?" You ask.

"Yeah his liquid diet keeps him fresh as a rose." Drayton says.

"That and the blood." Chop top says.

"Shut your mouth you moron!" Drayton yells at him.

"What do you mean blood?" You ask worried.

"G-g-g-get up I'll show ya. Walk over to grandpa." Nubbins says. You get up and walk over Bubba trying to stop you.

"Bubba it's ok cause down..." You tell him. Once over there Nubbins pulls out his straight razor and cuts his finger. He puts his bleeding finger in grandpas mouth and he starts to suck. He actually does a little dance while doing this. You step back a bit into Bubba.

"I'm sorry I need to be excused."

"No way dinners not over yet." Chop top stands up and walks around the table to you.

"I just need to process what's going on..." He grabs your arm and shoves you back in your chair. You stay there Bubba sitting back next to you.

"Now you don't treat our guest like that boy!" Drayton yells.

"Well why don't we get it over with then!" Chop top yells back.

"Get what over with?" You ask. Everyone goes silent.

"Bubba take y/n to his room. I've gotta have a talk with this Idiot." Drayton says standing up. You and Bubba get up and go to your room.

"Do you know what he was talking about?" You ask Bubba. He shakes his head. You and Bubba sit in your room. You on the bed Bubba in a chair.

"Wanna listen to the radio?" He nods and you turn it on. It's playing some blue grass music. "You can sit on the bed with me." Bubba gets up and sits on the bed. You hear yelling coming from downstairs.

"Why do you wear that mask?" You ask. He shrugs. "Can I see you with it off?" You ask. He shakes his head. "Well I'm not gonna judge what you look like if you do." He nods. Bubba notices a stuffed rabbit on your bed and picks it up.

"Oh that's a stuffed animal that I've had since I was a baby." Bubba sets it down and holds up a finger telling you to stay here. He leaves and comes back with a stuffed rabbit made out of a real rabbit pelt. He hands it to you.

"Oh is this a stuffed animal of yours?" He nods excited. "I see your family likes to hunt. As long as you do it ethically I don't really mind."

"R-r-r-r-oaid k-k-kell." Bubba says. You notice how deep his voice is.

"Oh is a lot of it road kill?" He nods. You hand the rabbit back to him. "You don't have to talk ok? Unless you really want to." He nods.