Pain throbbed in my heart. Flashes of my old life exploded through my mind. Carousing with Ava with other nubile students, regaling my sisters with my...exploits. “The University of Az. Between its various colleges, they will know how to destroy it.”“Yes, I can see that. The Bardic College guards much old knowledge, and the Philosophic College studies the esoterics,” Ealaín said.“We just have to go west, skirting the southern edge of the forest, and we’ll reach Az in a few days.” I yawned again. “Yeah, the question and answer thing.”“Wanna hang out with me instead?”I giggled at the question, “Um, duh.”____________________“You’ve got to be kidding me.”The room Finn had been crashing in while I slept in Eric’s room had pretty much the ultimate geek set-up imaginable, for a college dorm anyway. He had PS4 and XBOX consoles with two separate towers of games, a Wii with its cables neatly folded, and - hell, yes - a Nintendo 64.“Nope - not kidding.”“AND HE’S GOT THE OCARINA OF TIME!” Finn. A deal with the Colonel. Where is he by the way?"Sadly he jerked a thumb at a secluded booth at the back. "You change mind Joe, we talk. Tam like girls you get. Says she do lots with them. And don't upset Colonel -- he go with his girls soon!" Vopat warned.I nodded, and found myself at the Colonel's table. He sat impressive in his bulk, his uniform, buzz cut -- and the pistol in his thick black leather belt. On either knee, sat the two Bodwell girls. They had prepared themselves for this. It was almost midnight before she knew it. April had a problem estimating the passage of time, since her sleep patterns were so erratic.After April removed her jeans and bra she climbed into the bed wearing only her fancy tee shirt and bikini panties. She lay in bed where she realized that her recent visit from Mordecai had her taking stock of herself. She was painfully honest in her evaluation. She was forty eight years old, and twenty pounds above her ideal weight. Actually she was carrying.