Then with a laugh I said, "There were times when they actually came in and did our 'dirty work' for us."Sandy laughed and I continued, "We had enough ...'excitement' to keep us more than interested." I met Sandy after having done numerous operations with the SO teams. I'd been in the business for about 6 years or so and she was just coming in for advanced training." I was a training officer so my job was to run all of my students through the ringer. It was not an easy training regimen because we. "Then up to Maine, south to Florida, Across the gulf coast to Texas,then up again until I turned west and came here." He poured a muchlighter drink, handing O'Malley another 1824. "Don't worry, I ordered itspecial for you. Like the scotch for me, and the fruit for them."He told him of the Faerie plight. "...You see, their men didn't survive.They become stupid. Picture a full grown man with the mind of a threeyear old." His face grew somber. "As you can see, their genes aredominant. For the last. I now knew what I had to do. My only worry was that my parents would become concerned when I didn’t come home from my hike and call the police or something. Maybe they would hold off. If everything worked out, I could be home before nine, just like on a day when I was working. My plan was simple. When the cave closed at 8:30, the owner would make a final ?security sweep? of the cave before locking everything down for the night. When he came through I would call out and let him find me and. I gripped my staff, shrugged my shoulders to settle my long robe more comfortably around my body, turned and headed towards the moss-thick, overgrown remains of road that would eventually take me back to St. Arngrim´s Bay and from there to the balmy shores of my homeland of Thracis. I had been away too long and needed to return for some much needed rest and study, not to mention reporting my findings to the Circle of Chancellors.I glanced at the horizon, noting the darkening sky. No doubt a.