It would be kind-of neat, you know?... To have a set of really outrageous pictures? Something to look at, twenty, thirty years from now?"Imagine! You ...et drunk some night at a get-together with the neighbors, and then you go and trot out the album -- the one you keep hidden under the bed, and you say to your friends, 'Here's how I looked, back in the day!'" Well, Tess, there are lots of photographers who do 'glamour' shots of women. There's a cottage industry for it -- women give the pictures. The only difference was that this time he didn't know he was doing it, and if he suspected anything was amiss, he hadn't said.Still, there were times that she imagined she was with the young lifeguard again instead of her boyfriend, and when he left her Sunday afternoon, her usual thoughts of sadness about the lonely week ahead were quickly assuaged by a fantasy that continued to progress in her mind. Over the weekend, even while her boyfriend fucked her, Chelle imagined a scenario that. It was the new teacher calling roll. Phoenix, youre here right? he said and gave me a teasing wink. Yeah. I said smugly and went back to doodling. It seemed it took hours before I heard my name yet again. Huh, what? I looked up, this time to see him at the front of the class next to the marker board, which had his name (Mr. Peirce) and some notes we were supposed to take on Japan. I said, do you know the major exports of Japan? Uh, Iron, Steel, electronics, and automobiles? Very good. However,. Chief among them was the long pike that one of the Lieutenants carried across his back, its haft forged from an unknown alloy using techniques that had been lost to time, the metal decorated with ornate banding patterns and mottling. The tip was carved from dragon horn, shaped into a deadly point that would be used to spear the creature’s heart, delivering the killing blow once it was subdued. The weapon was priceless, and there were few like it, but its true value lay in its ability to pierce.