" Thank God for that. Is she coming down from San Antonio?" Yeah, but she can't stay at our childhood home. You know how she and Dad get along." About... the same way you and your father do."Michele nodded. "She's headed this way but she doesn't want to stay at Dad's." Tell her to come here." Tony, are you sure? I mean, that's why I put her on hold. I was going to ask if she could live here until she gets settled and finds a job in town." Of course she can. She won't be a bother." Remember, Connie. Auras were a form of spellcasting that let a person radiate energy fromtheir bodies. This form of magic allowed a single spell to be cast oneveryone around the mage. When used with blessings, it could strengthenedthe allies of the castor. When used with curses, it could weaken all thenearby enemies."Mages may be incredibly powerful," Frey said, "but each spell take a bitof concentration to cast, which means it is difficult to deal withsituations where you're outnumbered." You mean like those. In most stories, a transformed personfinds themselves beautiful, sexy, and often their own dream-girl come tolife. But is that a given?For example, you could find yourself female, but grossly overweight, ormaybe with the face not a mother could love. Would changing genders underthose circumstances be worth it? I suspect that even for a truetranssexual, they might hesitate to accept such a trade-off.Another issue you must face is your identity. Did you acquire female I.D.?Can you get some. Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat. Some men tried to get him out, but he fought them off playfully, so he drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days.Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pickup. One was driving and the other two were in the back. The driver got out. He rolled down the window and swam to safery. The other 2 drowned. They couldn’t get the tail gate down.Not much more news this time. Nothing much happened. If you don’t get this letter, please let me know.