I told her that I just wanted to workas I had before and I would not be a problem. She thanked me for mycandor and told me that I would hear from her... when it was OK to comeback to work. I shook her hand and walked out. A few people were stilllingering around (trying not to look like they were) and I just walkedby them. Jesse, a girl from my department, came around the corner andwalked up to me. She gave me a warm hug in front of the couple ofpeople still around."WOW, is that really you. It was the perfect spot.He pulled her down upon his lap and declared his love for her. She permitted the usual liberties, allowing one hand to caress her plump breasts and the other to slip up under her skirts as far as her knee. These were the furthest liberties she permitted and he took it as a good sign that she had allowed him this far so quickly. The touch of her soft skin on his hands inflamed him until he was so heated he could hardly breathe. The time had come. He slipped to his knees. “Oh, Jerry,” she said with surprise. “Sure, make yourself at home.”“You not in the thick of it tonight?” I said whimsically.“No… no,” she replied. “Bit bored, actually.”We talked for just a few minutes before I sensed that she didn’t want to sit there all night.“Give you a lift somewhere?” I offered.“Nah,” she said. “I’m going home.”I knew she lived in town somewhere.“Walk you to your door?” I suggested.“Okay. Thank you.”We walked the length of the boardwalk to the unfashionable end until we. " But will that information stop them, Q'yros? It was my understanding that even with their advancement, they cannot breach an anti-Portal ward, or they would have done so already. Is that not still true?"Q'yros sighed. "As far as I know, it is still true." Then I fail to see the benefit of any further investigation into the matter, and I forbid any further mention of it. Now, have you anything for me on the Lords?"Q'yros stiffened. He cannot see beyond the end of his own nose, the Mage.