" Wow. On reflection I cannot think of a better metaphor for what'shappening between the two powers, than the two of you. So, I gotta ask,how is he?" ...How is he what?" Michelle asked, then the penny dropped and Michelleblushed fiercely" He's,...great,...he's,... it feels really good."Brenda told her,"With THAT face he's gotta be damned near lethal in the sack."Michelle remembered the night at the Raffles and shook her head to clearit from the memories of what they did and how good it. Their choker charms gave them safe passage, but it it was too late for the town."Penn hadn't realised that it was as bad as this."What happened to the people?" They were devoured, Penn, devoured. They are gone now, their bodies eaten, their souls consumed. There is nothing left. I have seen it in my scrying, the town empty, abandoned."Those charms Madeleine has been making, the leather chokers, they will protect us. The stone keeps the soul from harm, it holds the soul to the body, it prevents. Losing mass while painful and alarming, isn't lifethreatening for those like the dwarfs, halflings, and fairies." There just weren't enough doctors and equipment to go around. If thatwasn't bad enough, a willing guinea pig had found that we were stillcontagious in the age old way. A man who had played an elf, had removedhis suit and found out the hard way.I gave a weak smile at that, "They are going to have to set-uproadblocks to keep the wanna-be elf lords out!" My silly inner voicestarted. Toilet and bathrooms were common for all residents and they were in the downstairs. There were another four rooms in the first floor and two were occupied by families. There was a bachelor guy in the other room and I was also a bachelor at that time. In the down stairs there were two sisters staying in one room and two other girls in another room. Other two rooms were occupied by bachelors. All were working in different industries situated in the nearby industrial area and all of them were.