Cursed by Pharaoh to be short, busty and redheaded.That was in the future.Tonight ... the last sky rocket burst over the lake. The last ‘Ooo’. The... last ‘Aaah’. The silence floated away with the smoke. Let there be young adult behavior! Kids!Personally. I side with Tolkien ... adult doesn’t happen until 33 and I had eleven years to go. I drank some beer ... the vitamins and minerals in beer are as good as a pill ... maybe better ... it’s natural. Water, barley, hops ... beer. The pills are the. I opened the first bottle and took a swig. I nearly choked as the amber liquid burned its way down my throat. There was no hurry, I had all night, so I waited until the burning died down before I took a second, smaller sip. It went down a lot more easily.As I continued to sip the whiskey, it started to rain. As it soaked through my clothing, chilling me, the whiskey kept me warm from inside. It occurred to me that if the whiskey and the river didn’t kill me, perhaps I’d die of pneumonia. I. I had been expecting this, and had already braced my back foot when I stopped in front of him. This, coupled with my higher density of muscle, made his light shove completely ineffectual. In fact, he managed to push himself backwards, while I didn't move at all.I looked at his two buddies and then right into his eyes, "I want you to think very carefully. I took out Jake and two friends without problems. I took out Tony, Tyler, and three other guys, without problems. I dropped Jake and his two. ”“Then Paul has more brains than I thought,” I replied.“You get all moral on him for cheating on his wife, but you tell Emmy to have an abortion? And you’re clergy!”I took a deep breath and let it out.“First of all, ‘Reader’ is a minor order, which means that in the scheme of things, I’m a tiny fish in a big pond, and my ‘clerical responsibilities’ are limited to making sure the books are arranged correctly on the reader’s stand, making sure the readings and hymns for the day are marked, and.