It took them weeks to understand what had happened. When Kindair learned that his own calling had been perverted into a Laran maze he found himself pr...ofoundly disturbed. He vowed to never again use his talents to take unfair advantage of those with lesser or no Laran abilities ever again. It was a painful lesson that helped him mature as a Laran-wielding adult.My skills with my stone slowly, subtly grew. By spring I constantly felt an itch at my back as if I were being watched. It angered me. The only reason we thought that Ronny was not attacked was the small size of her ship and her very cautious approach.The entire area was scouted but now all communications were through the repeaters. We didn't want any energy to be detected from Sardif. Ronny was at the periphery of the Soplasia territory assessing all the data coming to her and sending it back to us through a short range torpedo to our grid.The length of our line of relays produced a delay of almost a minute but we could see. Well, Percy would eat anything – not that he had any choice in what he was fed. The contents of the bucket, along with a shovelful of the cheap pig meal they'd bought for him, would fill his belly and keep him from feeling hungry for several hours. A thought struck her, and she hurried back outside to the vegetable garden. Whilst feeding the chickens, she'd noticed a small cabbage, its leaves limp and brown from the first frost of the coming winter and she cut it from its stalk and went back. No, I said to myself. This isn't happening. As soon as I regained my composure. I said, "I'm sorry, I expected the elderly woman. You kind of took me by surprise, and yes, coffee is fine." You must mean my grandma. Every one calls her Nana. She's kind of a cool lady but I think she's a little old for you." She said, as she smiled."No, I stopped in the other day and she..." She told me about you. Your dad met your mom in a donut shop, right? I think that's so sweet. Do you want anything besides.