It's not something you have to be ashamed of, you know that. Once you told him, you wouldn't have to hide it, and there would be someone else who'd ha...ve your back on it." Patti grinned. "And Troy would have your front too."Sylvia laughed. "Yes, he would. But you have your own someone. Gary's a great guy." Yeah, he is." Patti grinned. "I can't believe we're engaged." Me either." Sylvia widened her eyes. "Oh, no. You're going to turn into a Bridezilla, aren't you?" Damn straight. I have the puce. Yes madam I did." I barely heard her, and most certainly did not take down anything she had told me. Just one of grandma's stupid friends - the old bat would forget she had phoned and left a message regardless!"OK, tell your grandma to phone me?"I hung up, my eyes still starring at the object in my hand, the number I was instructed to translate to paper forgotten.I was in her room, building a shoe rack in her closet when the phone rang. Being by the bed I had, of course, opened the top drawer,. " She said. "May I borrow your sharp knife?"He held the requested implement out to her and she cut a cloth from the ever-dwindling blanket. He turned about while she placed it, folding the ends over the front and back of her skirt and the middle running between her legs. "There." She said. "I am now presentable again." She was blushing profusely. "I cannot believe I did that."Harlen smiled to her. "I can honestly say I can't believe it either." He said. "But now, I'll have fodder for dreams for. ”“A lot of this is recent and Nephilim armies essentially live off the land. The exception is their ammunition which is all produced in Lorkhan,” Morgana replied. “They do get good harvests here though according to Mergna.”“The magic in the land helps, they get nigh on three harvests per year,” I added.“We’re also fortunate they have to keep a lot of their troops here to keep the populace in check,” Róisín noted.“Yep, it’s not like we’re facing 4 million of them in the field,” Arch.