.. Well, for some inexplicable reason, the rest of the gang would wait until Mel or I nodded to them, before they sat down. You know, they kinda waite...d until they were invited to join us. I have no idea why; but that was the way things had always been.Whatever, I sat there that day and Mel was rabbiting away to the twerp, like there was no tomorrow. It's hard to recall exactly now, but I know I must have got a little pissed-off myself, because -- having finished my lunch -- I got up and. Soon the mental calls were heard. This lasted longer than Matthew thought prudent considering how trained his crew were. He also had to take into consideration how young every one of them were.Lyrra just clutched a chair and rocked herself back and forth. Her own mind coming unhinged at the loss of her lover. It was hours later that Mayaz had taken Jonathan and Lyrra into a corner and worked to get each to forget their troubles at least for a while. The weeping and love went on and on till they. Which her aunt Phyllis had come over to help herdo last Halloween, but now she had been deemed old enough to do this byherself. The previous year she had felt a bit glum over the fact thather dorky parents had more of a social life than she did, but this yearshe was glad to have the house to herself.And last year she'd just worn her regular boring everyday clothes toanswer the door and hand out mini bags of M&M's, but tonight she had ona cheap witch's robes and conical black hat from K-Mart,. “Okay Nathan I will help fill in the blanks about me. I am a Genie, but nothing like what you have heard. There is no magical lamp that I live in, and I never grant any wish that I do not want to. I have been around for a long time, and honestly your peoples thoughts about me are the most amusing to me.”“So what do you do if you don’t grant wishes?” another silly question, Rebecca wants him to ask the more pressing questions, but humans have a way of avoiding them, thinking they will go.