Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 07:59:22 -0700
Title: Claire and Knife

Tall, skinny, stringy-dirty long blonde hair,  greasy
levi jacketed, jeans and heavy leather boots, sitting
at the bar at Bikers, away from anyone else, sharpening
what appears to be a large long bowie knife.

hone n [ME, fr. OE han stone; akin to ON hein whetstone, L cot-, cos,
  Skt sisati he whets] (14c): whetstone
hone vt honed ; hon.ing (1826) 1: to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
  2: to make more acute, intense, or effective: whet.

Tod.  Originally from Brawley and before that Eureka.
One of those so-called native Californians.  He and his Harley are
about the same age - over 40.  Tod was once a Navy Seal but
after the training was completed (the hardest part) he went AWOL
forever,  abandoned ship, deserted and disappeared.  Suddenly
here he is, sitting at Bikers waiting for ... something to happen.

"Whatcha got there, dude?  Where'd ya get the knife?  Is
that some sort of swag ya pulled up somewhere?"  Claire says
as she moves toward Tod who doesn't seem to hear.
Claire is wearing a tank top, very low cut, with a necklace consisting
of a skull, lightening bolts and a cross in the form of a dagger,
hanging low and loose, between her breasts.

swag n (1660) 1: sway 2 a: something (as a decoration)
  hanging in a curve between two points: festoon b: a suspended
  cluster (as of evergreen branches) 3 a: goods acquired by
  unlawful means: loot b: spoils, profits 4: a depression in the
  earth 5 chiefly Austral: a pack of personal belongings .

Claire moves closer, within two of the metal seats at the bar.

hone in vi [alter. of home in] (1965): to move toward or focus attention
  on an objective