Favors owed and domain granted

Today went better than I thought it would.
I'll have to watch my back closely.
 
My audiences went well. I've been set up on a neutral edge of town.
To stay to my word and submit to eyes on me I graciously accepted.
I can do the work I need to do here now.
 
I'm above an arcade... I wake up to the sounds of buttons being tapped, joysticks being thrashed, and thunderous blood pumping thought youngster's veins.
The smell of pepperoni from down the street isn't nauseating either.
 
I am surprised I like it here, it is restrictive, but there is so much activity. I don't even miss the trailer or the open spaces or the coyote howls.
I suppose new things are making me feel alive.
Alive enough to do the work I need to do here now.
 
I'll talk to one of the respected ones tomorrow...