The motes of magic surrounding him resembled a bank of fog, occluding his normal vision. As he stared into the mystical miasma, it dawned on him that ...this was the purpose of the magic. It was an illusion.Knowing that, the spell had no power over him, and he could see the instrument of that magic. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open as he beheld a stunning – and very nude – young woman cavorting amidst the waving blades of grass.Blonde hair fluttered in the wind and whipped with her. "You did" At the look of confusion on Jessica's face, Linda explained "Youobviously didn't pay enough attention to what you learned. But then again, you are.....were only a neophyte witch" "What's going on?" Cody couldn't resist asking, wondering if these witches were really on his side or not. He had the feeling that they were, but still.... "She was a neophyte" Linda explained to Cody. "She's been with us for about a year, and her powers were about full, but she still doesn't have much. I told her the story about how he got me into it (which is a story for another time), and how Alan gave Jose the loaded thumb drive by "accident". I admitted that I purposely let her ex peep on me when I put on my bathing suit... but I didn't tell her about how I let him fuck me. Evelyn smiled as she swirled her wine in her glass and said "that all does sound like fun... maybe we could do something together sometime"... that made me feel better, like I wasn't to weird for being the way I am. I. ------------- As you can surely imagine, I failed rather miserably at college, being constantly absorbed by my numbness to exterior stimuli. That given, I had to make a living out of odd jobs. It was not much, but enough to make due, and live in a smallish, shabby apartment of my own. Sometimes I even had enough to save some to pay for that transplantation I longed for. Lovers? Sure, I tried to fall in love again eventually, and actually had my share of lovers – most of them not even skilled.