After I settled in, Ms. Mann called me in so we could talk about expectations and what my role would be. Maybe I spoke too soon about it not being a ...big deal. She was tough, real tough. Either I was going to come out of this better than I had ever hoped, or I was on the street. Over the next few months I was challenged with task after task. Each more challenging than the last. She was testing me and I knew it, so I worked my butt off making sure my research was spot on. I read and reread. Next to it, is the diner. They are open for breakfast and lunch. It opens at six and closes at two. The nearest place for dinner is sixty miles from here at the truck stop.”“Truck stop?” Pepper asked.“That big building is the school. We’ve got fifty six kids in it. Most of them live within thirty miles of here. Just about everyone you’ll meet around here went to school there. My graduating class was six kids.”“Six?” Pepper asked staring openly at Donny.“Over there is Doc Taylor’s office. He’s. "I am corrected. Alloy. Humans love theirnails. The whole yard is littered with them. Did you know they tie livingwood with iron? Heathens." He looked aside. "Please tell those on theside not to creep up. Tell the men in the center to back away. I don'twish to unmake any more than one fairy today." You wear on my patience, old man."Yara's counter was rapidly ending. She did the only thing she could thinkof. She summoned her own personal demons. They unfolded before her.The succubus looked. ’ he finished out loud. Suit yourself. ‘Now how do I plug this thing in?’ he said, half to Betty and half to Embers and Darbe. Just press it into the slot in the back of your helmet. Betty chimed, a split second before Darbe and Embers said in unison: ‘Just press it into the slot in the back of your helmet.’ ‘Ok, ok… I got it.’ He lifted it up to the nape of his neck and felt around with his fingers for the slot, found it and pressed the chip in. A flood of images and memories rushed through.