“Pat, my shields absorb energy. They use any energy they soak up to strengthen the magic that created them. I don’t know what the limits of the sh...elds are or if they even have one, but that jerk didn’t come close to overpowering them.” I told him, leaving out the reflective properties and, specifically, the ‘how’. When I came up with the idea, I also came up with a counter, so this much, at least, was safe to tell Pat.“But how...” Pat started to ask, but held off when I waved my hand.“Pat,. .. or at least as nice as possible."Turning, she reached out her hand to take Aaron's and grinned to herself as much as at him. She wondered what they would have thought if she had grabbed his pecker instead.They gathered in the same room as before after a few of them took a short bathroom break. As they assembled, all of them sat down in the floor together as roommate couples this time. Catherine noticed that all the girls were now sitting Indian style with crisscrossed legs. They obviously. A lot seem to be sailors from the ships taken by Jeevel's privateers. Although a fair number appear to be skilled labor of one kind or another;: carpenters, masons and the like. The women for the most part are imported from other slaving countries and look to be here as either fodder for the brothels or household servants."Nesho sat back and looked at Dent thoughtfully. "We don't have to decide anything immediately. They are costing us only food for the most part and we can cover that from our. He was self-conscious at being seen in his new state by anyone. A part of him still thought people would see a burly man in a dress rather than the petite woman he now was. "I'm going out, Maria." Will you be back in time for lunch, ma'am?" Probably not, I'll get something when I get back."Dan walked to the front door and was about to go out when he got the strong feeling he had forgotten something. His wallet of course. He headed back upstairs to the bedroom to look for it. There was no wallet.