When the water was boiling, she had me carry the pots into the bathroom, one at a time, and pour them into the tub. Then I was asked to refill them an...d put them back on the stove. She excused herself, and went to bathe. I thought she just didn't get the door closed; when the door swung all the way open. She called out that I should bring the rest of the water in, when it was hot.The water got hot, and I announced that it was ready. Ann told me to bring it in the bathroom. I carried the first. I don’t know if it is a boy or girl.’ Jordan picked the kitten up and turned it over to inspect its belly much to the little animal’s dislike. It mewed noisily and Jordan announced, ‘I think it’s a girl. At least it doesn’t look like it has all the apparatus. What are you going to name it?’ Raven shrugged, ‘I will think of something. Unless you can come up with a good name.’ ‘Are you going to keep her?’ ‘Well, I don’t want to send her away on her own. Look how thin she is. She must be. "We didn't know what you werecasting or if you were willingly or unwillingly casting, or if you were'tainted' or not." Tainted?" Kaitie asked."Our term for it," Beth said."It?" "The touch of the shadows," Stacy said. "Think of it as some sci-fiidea, where the world has magic and nifty powers like ESP and all, butsome evil force has blanketed a lot of the magical energies..." Like Sauron in 'Lord of the Rings'?" Kaitie asked."Yes!" Stacy said. "Just like that, but only completely non-physical. I wasn't sure if I looked nice or not, and Ireally had no easy way to measure that. My parents, grandma and aunttold me I was handsome, but they were biased so I didn't trust theiropinion about that. My dad was circumcised, as were my brother and I. Until I readabout foreskins and saw pictures of them, I didn't know what thatmeant. It wasn't unusual in our neighborhood. Hospital policy was to"snip," and few parents argued with it. Up to this time, the size,hair color, and other differences.