Do you know how expensive titanium is?”Tommy caught onto Doctor Giles’s joking tone and shot right back.“I’ll pay for a new one when you remov... the magnet that keeps pulling metal things to my head.”Of course, Giles’s joking manner was his way of getting Tommy talking. Giles listened carefully for signs of slurring as he shined his penlight into Tommy’s eyes. Tommy’s speech was no worse than Doctor Giles remembered. His pupils reacted equally to the light, but his right eye tracked slightly. "There's one hitch. I need to train heavily throughout break. Nationals are in April, so this is heavy-training time. That's why I was in the pool all morning. I'd need to find a place to swim in Chicago. This shouldn't be difficult-I'm a member of the National team, I get some courtesy-but I don't know where any pools in Chicago are." I can help you with that. I graduated with a girl named Lisa Waslewski. We weren't friends, but she wasn't an asshole. Anyhow, her father..." Is Michael. " With that Ephus again turned walking away at a rapid pace.It wasn't even an hour later that Ephus felt the presence of four advancing powers. Sighing, now we'll see what's up Ephus thought, as he made a table, five chairs under a large cover appear. Sitting he made something to drink for all four that were rapidly advancing.A few moments later Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite and the older male appeared in front of him.Aphrodite bit her lip as she asked, "were you really going to leave? We. Clearly there was no nude beach today. Honestly, I was relieved, it was one less confrontation to have with Zoey. We ordered room service in as Zoey crabbily ranted about the weather and not making it to the beach. A couple of hours later, both of us showered and the rain showing no signs of stopping, Zoey, clearly frustrated at the waist of a day, turned to me and said, Fuck it. Fuck what? I asked. This, she pointed to the weather as she began getting undressed. I looked at her perplexed..