But it disturbed her. She just couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.History being the last of the academic classes of the night, it was... on to spell training. The experience was novel. Like so many times that day, Larisa received individual instruction. She began to slowly, over the three hours of class, to learn about her own magical abilities. Each step was exciting, if small. She knew she had a long way to go, but though it was a long road, it was a very exciting one.Finally,. " She gave Alan an unusual look."Whhaaaat?!?!" he whined."No more of those little booby traps, either," Elise said. To us, she said, "I told 'im I'd clean his place one time, and he left booby traps all over the place. A drawer full of those springy fake snakes. Styrofoam blocks leaned against closet doors. I opened a cabinet an' got buried in an avalanche. If he'd've walked through the door that day, I'd've killed him right there." I'll make sure he's good, Elise," Tina said. She glared at her. " Our similarities there are extremely shallow," sniffed Binta. "You're just a fanatic" At least I'm not a pervert!" snorted Ketaba in return. "Honestly, Ana, I don't know how you can sit in the company of someone who so blatantly disregards the natural order as Binta does. Surely the very notion of her crude perversions disgusts you! How do you know she's not going to try and seduce you?" Don't scare Ana with your crude homophobia. I'm no more likely to try seducing her than you are to seduce. . ships passing in the night.I improved rapidly and that Saturday they let me out of the hospital. The doctor wanted me to wait for another three or four days before traveling. Gerald had called me and told me the meeting was set up. I still had ten days before the meeting in Chile so I made reservations for the next Wednesday to fly to Lima. I figured I'd spend a few days there with my extended family that had remained in Perú. Then I would go on to Santiago for the meeting that I hoped would.