I admit I'm very fond of her, perhaps even too fond, more fond than is wise for me. I've told her as much, often, in the recent past, in fact. That sh...ould be enough. It is certainly enough for me." Does she say she's fond of you too?" She's much more of an emotional person than I, Kenny. The word love doesn't mean the same to her as it does to me. She claims to love twenty people. She loves Hans and Gerta." I love them both too, and they love Mama and me, and Uncle Bunny. I was like you say you. I stilled the shaking as it felt like my muscles were slowly freezing solid. The inner glyphs bloomed into glaring light that blinded and seemed to stab into my eyes. Through the pain and agony the outer set of runes blazes with bluish white fire. It felt like my body was being torn apart, muscle by muscle.A line of light blue fire raced around the pentagram and with it a sharp pain in my guts. My heart was pounding as if I were running as fast as I could and I began to breath hard. The inner. After their brief visit, Lisa's dad volunteered to take Rebecca home. He had other errands to run, including the home improvement store, so Lisa stayed home.EPILOGUELISAFor the remainder of that year, Lisa dated several men – she had quite a few opportunities – and had some "play parties" with Coral. She had a second date with the oil engineer -- a certain Mr. Preston, who she saw regularly at TKD – but decided that he was too wrapped up in himself to be an 'appropriate' long term lover.Rodolfo. The atlatl dart hit him in the neck and caused him to swerve in front of the horse on his left. That horse ran over the first horse and the two went down in a mass of flailing horses and humans. Neither human got up from the fiasco, but both horses did. The horses just stood in place, waiting for orders from their incapacitated riders.The other two men ignored their fallen companions and continued to charge toward us. I don't know what they had in mind; maybe they were trying to make us run in.