”“ ... Chimera?” She slithered after him, but when she reached for his shoulder he slapped her hand away with the back of his own.“Stay away f...rom me!” His voice boomed and bellowed, and he rumbled in his chest. “Stay away...”His walk turned into a run, and as Medusa called out his name, he ran into the brush and trees of the forest. In the night and dense mess of foliage and cliffs, he disappeared into the dark.~~Darian~~Getting out of the village was much easier without the curse weighing them. Have you got a boyfriend, Linnet?" No." She quirked an eyebrow up at him. "Broke up with my last boyfriend last summer and I've been moving around too much since then." Would you ... I mean," he was blushing again, "would you, um, like to have dinner with me, or er, something?" Haven't you got a girlfriend, Jeremy?" She knew perfectly well he hadn't – Cara had said so."No ... I ... I'm not very good with talking to girls..." his colour deepened."You're talking to me..." That's ... different.. Then I felt a pair of soft hands – *her* hands – running along the top of my chest and then down to my breasts. My breasts! I wanted to sit up and push those hands away – I’d *never* been touched there by another woman – but it felt so good. Those hands slid over my breasts, rubbing… massaging… tweaking my nipples… I couldn’t help but let out a quiet sigh as those hands left my breasts and moved slowly across my stomach and down to my. .. uh, you did too." That wasn't me," she said.Now, you have to admit that was kind of a weird thing to say. If she really hadn't been there, she would have said "What are you talking about?" But saying "That wasn't me" meant she knew what I was talking about, which meant-- what, multiple personalities? "I don't get it," I said, cautiously."It wasn't really me," she said. "It was me playing a part. That's the only way I can do things like that for you, Ricky. If I put on an act, then I can make.