"Why don't you put on some coffee, Luke," Jase suggested as he began to carefully clean the blood from my foot. The cut was just below my big toe, pro...ably about an inch and a half long, but it hurt, and it was a struggle not to move around too much while Jase was cleaning it up. It only hurt worse when he inadvertently pressed against one of the splinters. "This might take a while." I'm sorry," I mumbled, to no one in particular.Jase looked up and gave me a small, sympathetic look and a. " Fuck?" she said. "But I was supposed to come here almost four years ago!" Sure. But that's -- that's not my fault. I mean, things went wrong for your family, and..." Even when I was only seventeen, my mother understood," Sally said. "She knew that when we came back to the World, and I enrolled in college, my life would change." And it will!" I said with new enthusiasm. "It will change! Very soon! But not, y'know, today!"Sally gave me a thoughtful frown. "You said I should not expect it -- to. They can create what is called the ‘Steps to Heaven’. This allows them to rise above the ground, and its distractions, and also the rest of us. The most powerful can easily cast the spell. It takes much preparation the first time that one uses it, but the preparations can be used over and over if they aren’t changed much. I believe that you may be powerful enough to cast that spell.“I will teach you the spell, and what is required in preparation to use it, if you wish,” she finished. I stared. We went through every outfit I brought, and frankly there wasn't much hewould even consider wearing. Aside from a pair of very short shorts,the only slacks I brought were a pair of very tight, white capris withtwo - inch bands of lace on the bottoms of the legs, which only justcovered his knees. Todd agreed to wear them, but only because herefused to wear the skimpy shorts or a skirt or dress.With that decided I showed him the selection of tops, which consisted ofa yellow halter, a pink tube.