| Havv | |
| Fictional Character | |
| Chicxulub Asteroid Missed POD: 66 million years ago | |
| Appearance(s): | "Junior and Me" |
| Type of Appearance: | Direct |
| Nationality: | Unnamed |
| Species: | Greenskin |
| Religion: | Out of the Sky |
| Occupation: | Stagecoach Driver |
Havv drove a stagecoach on the Dodge City to Newtown route. On one trip, he came across Rekek walking south. He stopped the coach and offered Rekek the job of riding blunderbuss since his usual guard Gafk was off sick. Rekek accepted for just the trip south, climbed up beside Havv and was handed a loaded blunderbuss.[1]
The rest of the day's journey went relatively well. They didn't see any rannos and only a few raptors which didn't attack. However, one drosaw developed a limp which forced them to slow down to nurse it along. They didn't get to Cycadia until a daytenth after sundown. Just before dark, Havv lit a lantern that gave off a little light which was better than nothing. Just outside its light, a large hairy critter lurked with its weird glowing green eyes rather than normal red. It seemed to want to go after the injured drosaw but lost its nerve and ran off with a howl. Rekek lit a cigar to settle his nerves and ignored Havv's complaints about its stink.[2]
Rekek did comment that whatever god hatched the critter from the World Egg must have been having a bad day. Havv commented he always leaned to Out of the Sky and the two had a pleasant conversation until they got into Cycadia. The stage passengers stumbled off to the hotel while Rekek and Havv looked after the drosaws. The hotel was full when they got there but the old lady behind the counter offered to push some tables together and give them some blankets. The two took up the offer at half price and slept until sunup.[3]
The next morning, they set out travelling south with a fresh team of drosaws. Rekek passed the time watching a flock of huzzards soaring in the updrafts of forming thunderheads but Havv concentrated on the trail and the drosaws. Something suddenly upset the huzzards and they streamed off to the east. Rekek warned Havv who made sure his eight-shooter was handy.[4]
Four or five brownskins suddenly popped up and rushed the stage. Havv hollered to the passengers that if any were armed, it would be a good time to pull out their pistols. One native fired a crossbow and just missed Rekek's snout. Another native fired an old musket but also missed. Havv and two passengers began firing with their eight-shooters which panicked the drosaws. One crumpled to the ground with a crossbow bolt in the short ribs. Havv then notice some more brownskins on the other side of the trail and started shooting at them.[5]
Rekek waited until the natives came close and then fired in their direction. The blast caught one square in the chest while a second went down thrashing from some of the shot to the side of the main blast. Havv then passed him a second blunderbuss, the sight of which, caused the remaining natives to flee. One was wounded as he ran, by a eight-shooter shot by a passenger, but got away. This was fortunate since the second blunderbuss was unloaded and Havv was running a bluff.[6]
As Havv got the team under control, Rekek borrowed his eight-shooter and went to check on the two natives he had shot. Both were dead or dying but one turned out to be a female and she had a hatchling tied to her leg. This was something the brownskins were known to do; a female with a youngster might want to join on a raid and would keep her child out of mischief by tying it to herself. Rekek wondered if he should kill the hatchling but decided to keep it. Havv had shot the wounded drosaw to put it out of its pain and Rekek called for him to give him a chunk of its meat. Havv said it was nasty eating but Rekek held up the hatchling and said it was for Junior. Havv, along with some of the passengers called for him to kill it but Rekek pointed the unloaded blunderbuss at the passengers and said he would keep it for now and see how the youngster developed.[7]
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