Tessa got me a drink and I sat in the familiar surroundings, on the sofa. Tessa sat next to me as usual, but I had a bad feeling, suddenly. She’d wo...und herself up to say something.“I’ve become quite fond of Ron,” She told me, a bit formally. “He’s a very caring person, and we get along well. I’ve been seeing more of him just recently, as you can imagine with being left on my own more. I wanted you to meet him.“Now I don’t want you to say anything, just yet. I want you to think about what you. "Had a teacher in school who used to say that. Apparently 'Ralph' meant you weren't taking the Lord's name in vain. And I could get away with saying it in front of my grandmother."I laughed, but then we both got serious."It's a very old house," I said. "This thing is what, a century at least?"She nodded, folded the estimate in half again and tucked it through the front of her blouse's cleavage and under the edge of her bra."More than that; going on two centuries. My great-grandfather's. "Ah", Wise Bird nodded, "a Wilder! This is not unusual, but normally the power is small. Parlor tricks, and the like."I explained some of the things she had done, but left out the 'regrowing her hymen' part.He looked more serious then. "This IS rare!", he exclaimed. "You must train her before she is found out. She could be in great danger."He explained that there were people who sought out those with power, and tried to use them to further their own agendas. Those that couldn't be coerced to. ..would you....um...." "Would you like me to walk you home?" I say smiling, and feeling a little excited. She looks up at me and smiles and nods quickly. I follow her and we keep chatting/flirting all the way back to her place, a few blocks. At the door, she says,"so this is me, what do you think?" I can tell she is trying to sound more confident than she is. It is a cute city apartment building, pretty old but well kept, "it is nice" "I have a room on the top floor, you should see the views".