The harsh interior lights snapped on with the sudden disconcerting jump in reality experienced in a movie theater, when you have to make the mental le...ap from the breathless romance of the final scene of Casablanca to the mundane reality of everyday life. The glare revealed a group of tired warriors, covered in a great deal of dirt and not much less blood. Two bodies lay supine on stretchers, one of which demanded an IV drip and the constant attention of a hospital corpsman. The lights did solve. Rolling her eyes at the two idiots next to her, Tsunade presented the gift she was giving her student. It was a pendant consisting of a golden chain and a big, glowing, purple crystal at the center: "This is The Pendant of Power. In essence, it powers up any jutsu, while simultaneously making it faster and easier to use." As an example, Tsunade did some hand signs and summoned a clone without the pendant. She then dispelled it, and tried again, this time using the pendant. Her chakra flared,. " Come an'sit by us, Son."He edged over to us slowly, cautiously."Been fishin, I see." I said casually. "Your momma will be glad ofthese for supper. What's your name, Son," I asked"Benjamin," he said, "but mos' call me Ben." How old are you Ben? About ten?"He nodded "Yes ma'am." A nice mannered boy. You live far from here?" Just over the field." He pointed. "In that set of trees." Is it a plantation?"He shook his head and grinned from ear to ear. "No, it ain't at all biglike the Graham's place.. "At the time I did. But he promised me that he would write to me and call me everyday. I got his phone calls the first week and then less calls the weeks to follow until he stopped calling and writing."Jake felt so upset. "So do you still think of him?"She nodded. "Not so much him but... yes I guess I do."Jake wanted to ask if his father ever knew she was pregnant. Everything was making more sense as he got to know Lucinda. Now he was even more sure she was his mother.After dinner they walked.