His skin was pale blue and emitted cold steam."Surprisingly he is doing better than he claimed". Zetsa thought to herself, impressed. "Another hour or... two will be his outmost limit, though. I will let him keep going and assist him dismantling the rest of the grains so tomorrow he could have another go at the Inner Spirit formation with me by his side. I will use this chance to also check the protection formation I implanted in his body. It must have taken a great tool afterwards..."After the. As soon as she had interrupted Hana she looked a bit ashamed."I'm sorry. I just ... I don't want you to think..." Karen, I believe you. I saw you both, that day, and I wouldn't have believed that even if I hadn't heard you two talk."She was about to say something but once she understood that I had been spying and eavesdropping also on her, too, she became silent. I nodded to Hana and continued playing the recording."Then there are his women. They shouldn't be present at the opening. Remember,. I really did.’ He shook his head. ‘But I can’t anymore, Charly.’ ‘You’ve got to try harder.’ He stared at the giant rock in the palms of his hands. He swallowed a few times and cleared his throat. ‘I…I read in Cap’n Steven’s log about the Sacred Stone of Sea Sirens.’ A look of profound sadness fell over Charly’s face as she looked away. He wasn’t going to listen to her. ‘Gems—’ ‘—He gave a good description, too.’ Then he lifted his gaze and looked at her quiet but taut profile. ‘So whatcha. The waiter made a refence which assumed that Carmen and I were a couple. This made Melissa giggle and quietly tease her mom.After a wonderful dinner and conversation we returned home. Carmen quickly dismissed us with hugs. "Good night you two. Go have fun, enjoy each other."We retreated to Melissa's room, she turned to me as I latched the door behind us. She immediately wrapped her arms around me. Her head pressed against my chest she snuggled in tight."You have no idea how happy I.