I was buoyed by the love and happiness I experienced from Petra and Shalyndria. The hope I got from Nadine wasn’t surprising anymore, so I wrapped a...ll three with love in return. I then followed the second half of Nadine’s advice.When I quieted my thoughts and just listened, a voice floated through my head, “Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always lead to good.” While it sounded familiar, the voice continued, “Magic is merely using your mana to force reality to. .” Pete breathed a sigh of relief. “This doesn’t have to be a deal-breaker; we just can’t build her a kitchen. We’re not that far along yet anyway, so we just ... yeah, we can handle that.”Paula seemed equally relieved. “I think I’d rather she take most of her meals with us still anyway. She can order pizza or something if she’s having a party.”Pete nodded. As a father, he understood what this mother was saying.“You know,” he told her, “it’ll knock a few thousand off the budget for you to not. Ares had been swinging the black sword, laughing with glee at the shrieking that it was making. Both Deimos and Phobos had appeared moments ago, both their mouths hanging open.That was ‘til a minute later, all three of the males turned toward what was an obvious huge power.“What was that?” Ares asked stopping in mid-swing.“I believe it was the godling powering up,” Phobos stated, still feeling weak after the last encounter he had with Ephus.“Ha! I do not believe, that he has that much power.. ." Annima said."You won't be any use to her if you kill yourselves disobeying the doctors' orders." Howard said, pointing toward the exit and inserting compulsions in each of their minds to go and rest. He pulled up a stool and began the massage therapy that had been prescribed. An hour into it, he had done her feet, legs, hands and arms and was working on her abdomen when his hand slipped and brushed her right nipple. Her EEG showed a spike where there had only been a shallow parable.