She did instinctively know how to re-sync however, and I was able to restore her virtually to the state she'd had prior to her power cell replacement....ow I set out to prioritize my own memories and experiences. I knew Anna could not hold my entire mind in addition to her own entire mind, and realized she would only preserve what she could without endangering her own existence.My priority scheme here was one I developed myself, based on the value of those memories. Even as un-aware as I was, I. I hastily tapped the screen and sent the photo. My phone beeped and a message appeared. "Sent to Russell Shaw". A panic flashed red deep down to my core. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" I screamed out loud. "How could I be sostupid?" I couldn't believe I actually sent my "X-rated" photo to my co-workerinstead of my husband. I swiftly typed a message to Russ: "Sorry, that wasn't intended foryou." A new message popped up on my phone from Russ. "I'm sorry to hear that, I'm jealous of who it was intended. I stopped at the next book vendor. With the Magery Council and a college to train new mages in Esh-Esh, any oddity, artifact, object, or old knowledge was brought to the city in the hope that a mage would find value in it.It made reasonable sense.That was why we had detoured to Esh-Esh instead of taking the slightly straighter route from Allenoth south to the Lesh-Ke Mountains. If I had my wits about me, we would have procured the map before leaving Esh-Esh. But I had been...fragile then.Since. It sounded like she had recovered from her cry, and was doing better, so I eased up on my embrace, not sure what to do next, but she took care of that by kissing me hard on the lips. I kept my mouth shut, not really worried about the virus, or that I was cheating on my girlfriend, but that this felt like I was taking advantage of her, and I didn't want that kind of trouble."Wait, wait, wait," I demanded as I pushed her away from me, then held her at arm's length while I tried to figure out.