Not dulled by the chemical-impregnated glop that people nowadays called food. His interest was instantly aroused. It had been ages since his territory... had been violated and he was actually looking forward to asserting his claim to it.After the eight heartbeats appeared, the air suddenly changed, becoming charged and closed in. The moon light shining in the windows vanished, replaced by a grey barrier spell of some type. Tensing up, ready for anything, he watched for the source of the new. "Oh okay, sure thing, you?re the artist. I?m really curious to see howit?ll turn out. I bet it?ll look amazing, I mean it already does so I?msure of it, but I?m still curious," Sarah said somewhat excited, notbothering to argue. While she did want to stay to watch she was alsolooking forward to be blown away by the full metamorphose.Once she was gone Jessy excitedly covered up all mirrors. Ash might nothave been turned to one and so he hadn?t seen his new hair just yet, butshe had to admit. “I took my shower, and then joined a bunch of kids at a bonfire. I sat next to a girl and she immediately struck up a conversation.”“Was that your future wife?” I was learning Joanne couldn’t help herself.“No. Her name was Kat O’Neil. She was pleasant, but a plain-looking girl and, since I wasn’t any prize myself, I figured I had a chance with her. Truth be told, I did find her appealing. She was tall, a little gangly, she had large ... well, features—you know, and had striking long red. All that and much more was explained and discussed with me when I was called back to Agency. Sam explained that nobody in mission strategy came closer to developing a mission plan that appeared to be successful and still give the appearance of a small independent and possibly rival group. As a result, my suggested plan rose back to the top of consideration. If that wasn’t surprising enough, the meeting was attended by an agent of the Columbian Intelligence Group and a Captain from the US Navy.