.My thoughts were quickly interrupted by the ringing of the bell."Alright class," Mrs. Jenkins said, "don't forget to finish that paperon Odysseus bef...ore next class!" All around me, boys and girls got up asthey began to funnel into the hallway. I put my phone and spell sheetaway into my purse as I collected the rest of my things."Hey, Chris," I heard a female voice say in a high soprano. I looked upand I saw Jane standing over me."Oh, hi Jane," I replied at an equal pitch, "how are you?". ”We moseyed up the path to get lunch. We were very refreshed and anxious to see what was on tap for this afternoon. Lunch consisted of hamburgers, Polish sausage, seafood salad, garden salad and all the trimmings. Everyone had gotten their lunch when Adam and Hector asked if all of the ‘guests’ were ready for their special, ‘island versus boat crew’, ‘special talents competition’. It was to start in one hour.Angela and Melody whispered in our ear, “You guys are gonna love this! Adam and Roberto. She continued, “I have not dreamt in ten years.”“You know that it doesn’t mean your connection with the Fade has been restored, though, right? At least from what I can tell, darkspawn dreams aren’t normal dreams. Dwarves get them too. It’s your mind interpreting what it hears from the darkspawn hive-mind. They’re annoying, but not dangerous. No demons.”She examined my face for a moment, and then nodded thoughtfully. “I did not know that.”“Can I ask you something?” She nodded again. “Why did you. “Daddy, something is happening” Laura screamedMike took a second look and noticed that the four tentacles that were growing out of her were now writhing. “I need to be outside daddy” Laura didn’t know how she knew it but she was certain that she needed to be outside in the dirt.Mike lifted his baby girl in his arms and rushed her outside towards the back of their house, “Where should we go princess?”Laura pointed firmly to a shady corner of their lot where no grass grew and was constantly.