"My University degree in ancient Greek, Latin and Persian. Yes. Iremember you telling me that Udumi made a note of that." Ancient languages come easy ...to you." Go on, I'm listening." I turned to regard Morgan who still stood closeby. "And I think you can leave now, Morgan. Off you go. Shoo." Theguard smiled to himself as he gazed at me, as if enjoying a privatejoke at my expense, but with just a confirming glance at Kurgus, noddedand exited the room."You'll have to excuse Morgan. Like many real. ” he breathed.The next thing I felt was warm breath on the right hand side of my neck, as one hand gently swept away my hair for unencumbered access to my neck. Lips, warm and slightly dried through nervousness, swept slowly from the base of my neck to under my ear, stopping here and there for a nibble, or a lick, or a kiss. Pausing to suck briefly at my earlobe, his kisses came quickly to my mouth, where short, staccato kissing turned all too slowly to a full exploration of each other’s. The papers still with the car indicated they had time on it; enough time to actually reach Southern Depot if the bridge had been passable. The only change needed was the destination.Riding in the railcar with the electric motor powering it was completely different than riding in it as it coasted gently down toward the equator. The motor annoyed Béla in much the same way as the sun when she’d lived on Earth. In addition, there was an odd vibration in the floorboards that physically set her. The number of energy sources that she was familiar with was incredible, and the search took a while to compare them all, but finally a match was found."Okay," said Maren to Alice. "Now that we know what type of energy you can use, we need to know how much. I'm going to convert some energy and you need to let me know how much more you need."Alice smiled at Maren and nodded her head. Maren floated over to the little girl and touched her shoulder. Maren was limited on the energy sources that she.