Damn she was cute. He sat a plate in front of her and dished out a large helping in her plate. He poured the coffee and then filled his own plate. She... was already eating when he sat down and started. They ate in silence, both of them eating as if they were starved. Washed down with another cup of coffee, they sat there full at last and she said, “OK when are you going to start asking questions?”“I wasn’t planning on asking any questions. You are free to hole up here for as long as you need to.. " He paused."Now, it appears this phenomenon is akin to a Trick. I suppose you knowthat when we Twisted activate a Trick we're actually extracting energyfrom a field of quantum potential, the Darrington field, all around us.More than a few cases in scientific literature led to the hypothesisthat an especially extreme Twist can leave a "trace" in the quantumfield. This trace is created by your mind at the time of the change andis linked to your appearance. It looks like you're permanently. For a few moments there isn’t anything said and then the man turns slightly in his chair and calls for the server to come over and Mystery steps back trying to hide in the shadow to which the man says, “Stay still girl, remember that you do not need to be afraid, I will not let anything harm you ever!” His voice is somewhat stern as if it is something he wants her to always remember and he is trying to drill it into her and she steps back out towards him, “Yes Master”. “Good, now hold just a. I had no idea why someone would do such a thing for me and I realized I didn’t care. It was the best thing to happen to me in years. I was going to wallow in it while I could. I spent my lunch with Betty trying to guess who would have done such a thing. The only people we knew with that kind of money, didn’t really know me. The owner of the company I worked for, Franklin Construction, was one. I had only met him once. He was a nice guy with a nice wife and a whole litter of kids. There was no.