Swimming for Swords

Mr. Bones swims through the mounds of treasure like Scrooge Mcduck doing a backstroke in his vault of gold coins. He dives into a particularly large mound of treasure. A moment later he bursts out of the top with a pirate hat and sword. He slides down the mound of treasure and hands me the pirate sword. "You want anything?" He asks Olivia. "I don't think I'll need it." "Oh, right. You got that pink bubble going for you." He says." I examine my gift closely. "Do you think this sword will work?" Mr. Bones shrugs. "It couldn't hurt." I clutch the sword tightly and practice my stance. "Yeah, this feels right." I tell him. "Oh good. Anything else I can get you kids?" I back up and take a swing with the sword. "Just tell us everything you know about the mountain lion." Mr. Bones chuckles. "We're gonna be sitting in silence because I really don't know anything." "You have to have some knowledge." Olivia insist. "'Fraid not." "How is that possible?" I ask. "Well, I live in my part of the mountain, and  he lives somewhere else." "So you have never seen him?" I ask, trying to delve deeper. "Never seen him. For all I know, he could be a great guy." "I don't think so he killed a man." Olivia says. Mr. Bones adjusts his pirate hat and brings both of us closer. "That don't make him a bad guy. You forget he's a mountain lion after all." Olivia and I eat crow and nod in agreement. Mr. Bones dives back into the mound of treasure. "Where are you going?" I shout.  "I have to get you something." He shouts from inside the mound. He emerges holding a leather sword holder. Mr. Bones walks over to me, coughing up gold coins in the process. He fashions the leather sword holder around my waits. "Thank you." I say sincerely. "Well, if you're gonna fight a supposed monster, I at least gotta set you up right." I glide the pirate sword into the holder. A feeling of nervousness and excitement runs through my spine. This is really happening. "I guess we should continue." He says with a faint sense of sadness. As if it pains him to see us leave. "Wait." I tell him, reaching into my pocket. I pull out the X - Ray specs. "What's that?" Olivia asks me. "It's something I don't think I ever needed." "If you don't want them, can I have them?" Mr. Bones asks me. "Why not." I hand Mr. Bones the X - Ray specs. He places them on his face. It's an odd look, the pirate hat with the X - Ray specs, but he appears to be jovial. "How do I look?" He asks us. "It's you." Olivia replies with a smile. Mr. Bones saunters ahead of us with a spring in his step. "C'mon guys."