. the time ... to come..." Looking around Dempsy jumped to his feet and saluted Hartwell. "I'm sorry sir I didn't know it was you!" At ease Dempsy, it... wasn't me it was our host here." Hartwell said as Dempsy was staring wide eyed at the crawl space he'd just been in on the view screen.Dempsy was staring at several of the machines and panels, silent for a moment he whispered, "This is incredible, I've only read about the things I am seeing here. None of this has existed for over 800 years! I. .. blood red."Oh. My.He followed all the way; this one was special! My pulse raced as ithasn't for ...centuries. With this one, I could do much."What did I hold in my hands, David?" A gold cup in one and a stick, or a...wand? Are you ...are you..."He struggled to categorize, for his vocabulary lacked the word todescribe me. The Greeks knew, Romans too."Tell me why you would give yourself to me, David. What do you receive?"He was rattled; the Other does that; the knowing of it shatters. His skin tan and dark eyes seem lighter with the sun touching them in a certain way. They are identical in looks and even keep similar haircuts. Laying in bed with his brother, Jace speaks up first. "So..."His legs tangle with Derek's naked body, as they had long since stopped wearing anything to bed. They had shared a room since birth and started sleeping in the same bed in high school, sneaking away to share steamy weekends together when they came home from college, like this weekend. The. "Can youdo it yourself?" Sure," she said. She went to lift her arms but only got a fainttensing of some muscles. She could imagine them moving, but they didnot. She felt a coolness on her arm, her elbow, inside. There was anIV, and she looked at the clear liquid flowing through it and followedit up to the bag partly full of clear liquid, and wondered if that washer spirit flowing into the body."Any luck?" the nurse asked. "I see." She pulled up a stool andleaned over the young woman. She.