As this course of events took place, the span of time in which it occurred was too short for Zax to notice before the foreign force disappeared and th...e crack on the Black Core closed.All that remained as evidence to what happened inside Zax's dantian was a black lightning bolt, the former black string.'This power is like back then!' Zax could not believe his own senses. The feeling he got from the black lightning was one and the same with the black dome that was released from the man who came. How might I be able to help?" I wondered how I might set about completing her education locally? I don't want to send her to England." Ah," said Kamal Qumsiyeh, completely misunderstanding the problem; for him the only education a young girl might need was in the harem arts."It is expected that you will provide a gift to the Emir on taking up your post. This should be done as soon as humanly possible. Entrusting him with the education of your daughter would be suitable. Is she a virgin?". Chris grabbed her coat and nodded at Jason. "Put that on, and we'll getout of here. Cass'll have given us a suite, and you need to be decent sowe don't shock the hired help over-much. It's silk, you'll like it, andit'll feel nice against your skin."Jason grimaced at the garment, "It's not the silk; it's the color. Ihate pink. Ah well, beggars can't be choosers." He donned the offendinggarment and stood, belting it about his narrow waist. It came to midthigh on him, and barely closed over his. Well, really it’s odd that it started at all, regardless of the date, but all the more so because it started on my birthday, October 22, 2012, when I turned thirty-two, a date that I will thus always pin as the very beginning of all of this that came next. And all because of an incredible gift that my wife chose to give me that year, a gift that was all the more amazing because it was something so completely out of character for her. It was great, don’t get me wrong, but at the time I simply.