Ashley stayed at the bar to finish our bottle of wine. We talked a bitabout work, and I gave her a heads-up about an upcoming business trip toSan Fran...cisco. While I traveled fairly often for work, this time wasespecially exciting because it was the first time I would go to the WestCoast to do so. I'd never been to California before so I was lookingforward to some touristy things like seeing the Golden Gate Bridge andtaking a short trip out to the Napa Valley wine country. Ashley was alsoat a. I stood there, ears staining to hear above the melee when suddenly ... silence."Where's Derek? Derek!!! Derek! Oh, there you are, come here. Now. It's not every day that you turn 50 and not every day that you turn into an old man! So, 'old man', hold your breath - and your cock - whilst I present you with your birthday surprise! And here it is..."This was my signal to descend the stairs. "Just 2 seconds, just 2 seconds..." my mind repeated the mantra over and over again. My bare feet felt the. "Well that is a point, ill try not to die, what is all this Idin?" Merlin asked."Its a containment platform." Morgana said not opening her eyes."TO contain what?" Merlin asked."You don't feel it? The power leaking from here, the portal is open." Idin said."Yeah I feel it, the whole world if going to hell Idin, what are you doing sitting around." Merlin said."Dad we are going to seal the portal forever." Morgana said."And how do you plan to do that from here?" Merlin asked."This is the source of. Our profiles show that we are the two people from Terzo most likely to be activated without going through Miazo. It happens rarely. We haven't tried it because it would attract the Qerda. Anyway, before we left there was a prophecy given that we would find our Father on Earth. We didn't put much credence in it, as our Father was not from Earth." So, how do you know it's me?" I asked."That's the beauty of it..." ... the prophecy said that our Father..." ... would be the one that responded to.