I have three. I am also banker in City.” She began to sway again and extended one leg so it was pointing straight out, perfectly horizontal, and tur...ned and turned, holding that position.”“You dance amazingly.”“Then you don’t know shit for dancing.” Her smile belied her words. “What your name?”“Penny.”She smiled again and it was a beautiful smile. “I make many pennies. Are you drinking wine?”“Yes.”“Wait, I will get some.”I watched as she retreated into the sitting room to emerge a few moments. Project Kumar was sitting there with an empty resource pop-up window waiting for input.Looking mildly upset he said, “What is the name of first name, surname, department, email address and desk number, work cell, personal cell, and home phone number for first of these ‘placeholder’ resource managers.”Sigh!“John Doe, Department one, jd@nowhere .123, 111-222-3333,” I replied instead of going off on him.Holy shit! Does he actually get it now?Nope.With a completely straight face he said, “Please go. When the big man had tried to hurt him, it had been this boy that hadstopped the guards from attacking him. He didn't know why.Then the wonder of a story being read, his mind creating wonderfulpictures to fit that voice. He had handed his precious book to theboy, and he finally found out more than the pictures showed. Thewonderful world he described, and his favorite character explained.Then as the venom of the Faerie had remade him, he had seen his lifewith the same brutal clarity."I killed. " Thanks! I like looking, and touching you!" She demonstrated by rubbing my sides and my ass."By the way, just as I was waking up I felt an electric jolt. Made my hair stand up. I don't think I dreamed it. Do you have something here that generates static electricity?"I was amazed. Did Cathy feel the spell? If so, she was one of the rare individuals who could learn sorcery. I would make a bad instructor, being only a very junior sorcerer myself. Still, I had seen nobody in this age of wonders.