She took a deep drag, exhaled, then spun around to face me."I don't know of any easy way to say this," she said hesitantly, "SoI'll just spit it out."...The look on her face was pained and I was sure she was going to tell mesomething about my dad, like maybe the two of them were getting adivorce. I braced myself for the bad news."Is... everything okay with you Dad?" I asked.Mom chuckled slightly and nodded. "Of course, honey. Your dad and Iare fine. In fact, I thought about waiting for him to get. “It only speaks to the one who will be its Master or Mistress. You must be even more powerful than we had feared,” Cassius whined in awe and fear.“I don’t feel any different than I did before this,” I told them, but I had another question.“Where did this Sword come from?” I asked.“Mandara was forged by a great Dwarf smith with the help of an unknown Wizard from a piece of rock that fell from the sky. It is said to be his greatest creation. This was done long ago when the Dragons were still. We had plenty of salt and I had a plan to turn one the of the nearby small hogans into a smokehouse. We also had plenty of water in the river.Third, personal protection. We had our pistols and rifles and plenty of ammo. I would also be building some wind breaks to stop snow drifts from blocking our access to the stable and the river. I would also be tying ropes from the hogan to the stable and to a stout tree near the river. This would allow us a safe travel path in snow or heavy rain or low. Lindsey came in late, she and Katie ended up going to dinner and to a club. Katie didn’t drink of course but Lindsey was very drunk when Katie dropped her off. Katie said they had a good time dancing and talking. I was glad the two of them hit it off so well. I was afraid at first that with all that happened the two of them would hate each other. Katie left and I helped Lindsey to bed. She drank so much that I was up half the night with her getting sick. Even in that state she was adorable. The.