He had the ordinary man's horror of anything to do with mental illness. To be truthful, the prospect scared him. He had debated with himself long and ...hard before even visiting his GP. The thought of 'someone messing with his head' was anathema.His gloom persisted through the rest of that day. In bed that night he wondered if he was gay. He tried to masturbate by fantasising about men but he found the mental image of a pair of ample, hairy buttocks less than arousing. There was nothing for it.. At home I took the money and dagger and then burned the clothes and buried the dagger.It took a long time to sleep but I was up early and doing chores and out in the fields pulling weeds. By noon a few neighbors had come by to talk or gossip. Everyone seemed to know the mage was missing. The other mages were threatening and ordering a search. Soldiers were going house to house searching for the missing mage.I saw our mage lord with his teenage daughter. They stood to the side when the soldiers. "Permission granted, Sir," Brandon called back. "Welcome aboard the Gon Waki 2."The Zodiac moved forward until its bow pushed lightly on the swim-grid, and Brandon offered a helping hand to the First Officer. Once aboard and on deck, Raul Gomez extended a hand in offer of a friendly handshake."Thank you," Raul smiled. "Many times, we must board under less-than-friendly terms. Your courtesy is much appreciated." My pleasure," Brandon tried to ease the tensions. "What can we do for you?" We have. But boys his age really don't think things through very much, so he formulated his plan. "I'll teach those girls a thing or two about messing around with GUY things."So Billy followed the girls to Mary's house where the meeting was taking place. As he walked into the house Mary stopped him and asked him what he thought he was doing. "I'm here to join the girl scouts," he told her. She started laughing out loud and some of the other girls gathered around to find out what was so funny..