“All right, listen up!” he called, then was interrupted.“Caution!” Ria snapped in the Link as she manifested, while Talia said;“Hold, my lov...e. This is not a dream, and that is not the best way to proceed among these honored leaders.”Mark regarded her for a moment, then turned back to Yazadril.He considered the ancient elf, then went to one knee and bowed to him. “Honored Yazadril.” he said as he straightened, but remained on one knee. “I have said that I should not be directly obeyed as Key to. .your mom, I mean!”“Please sit down and let me finish your hair!” I sat down and she put the dryer over my head again. “Here is your coffee!”She was still figuring out how she was feeling. She seemed a little lost. We drank our coffee and smiled a bit awkwardly to each other for 2 minutes. Then she walked out back. Then the alarm on the dryer went off, and she came out and removed it.“Now let’s wash the rest of colour out and let’s see how it looks!” She sat me down by the sink and started. Your many years of service will always be remembered. Just write ‘I quit’ on there and sign it and date it. That should be good enough.”You could have heard a pin drop, and everybody stared. I was firing somebody? That just wasn’t done! The usual Washington response would be that the President would admit to various unspecified lapses in judgment and take the blame for everybody. Nobody would be hurt, and life would go on, business as usual. Screw that! Time for some people to get a wakeup. I should be fair, he could have been genuinely concerned, but I never take something like that for granted. He asked if I was all right, and I told him, ‘Does it fucking look like I’m all right?’ He said something about being a nice guy and wanting to help. Hell, I don’t trust anyone anymore. I ended up following him though, hoping he would put me out of my misery. It was his apartment building I was crying in front of. ‘My name’s Michael,’ he told me as he let me into his apartment. I didn’t.