Oh, I touched up my makeup and made sure nothing that was only twenty-seven years old was showing, tugged my wig firmly into place, and pulled on a hu...e fluffy bathrobe over my flannels. I padded to the kitchen, made coffee and took a cup into the little office space. Definitely command central. I scoped out her equipment pretty thoroughly and decided the first thing I was going to do was disconnect her from the internet. Whatever is running on these computers, I don’t want to risk someone from. "Thomas sighed lightly. "I don't know either."Both of them sounded incredibly frustrated, and I hadn't even been inthe house a week. I should have been more satisfied that Thomas hadalso clearly been affected by my behaviour, but a part of me felt bad.I should have despised them both, wanted to make their lives a livinghell, but the heaviness in which they spoke sent pangs of guilt throughmy little body. Suddenly, I felt something soft and furry rub againstmy leg. Midnight's unexpected. ’ ‘You’ll like having Tommy around, then,’ his mother said, ‘he’s really handy around the house.’ Aunt Karen walked them to the door. ‘Will you be here for supper?’ she asked her nephew. Tommy shook his head. ‘Ah…probably not,’ he told her. ‘I have work tonight. I should be home around ten or ten-thirty.’ ‘No problem,’ Karen said. ‘If you’re going to be later than that, give me a call, please. I hate to sit up worrying.’ ‘Boy, it’s going to be just like it is at home!’ Tommy thought, a little. "I visit regularly with the chefs and managers at most of the upscale places, as well as some of the private family chefs. Master Argoun is one of my best sources. He is the chef for Tiremus Henethin, the head of the local ironworker's guild. His memories of what he has seen served as a delicacy somewhere in the past is almost worth paying him for." How do you recognize something that you come across as having potential?" Scatter asked."Ah! Well, it something you've never been exposed to,.