I'd reached 1,792 minds, the number that I'd thought all the other Marks would stop just short of, whereupon we'd all live happily ever after. I'd hon...stly thought the Voyage was over, but subsequent gains in understanding the Universe and my abilities had restarted the Voyage. Not only "restarted", but had accelerated it to ever-greater achievements.The last three days had given me an explosion of increased understanding of the Universe, and massively increased ability to control it by using. It was a hot June day. We managed to find a secluded spot away from the main path. A short time had past since our first adventure and I didn't want to rush Brenda into anything. I had bought a new camera and thought that by taking a few snaps might be a way to initiate proceedings.We were sitting and chatting on the rug, Brenda in a brief bikini and me in shorts. I was aware that an atmoshere of anticipation hovered between us, so I produced the the camera and asked her to pose for me. At. To pleasure him. David felt like he was being lifted and transported somewhere and yet he hadn’t moved from the spot where he stood. Coloured lights, kaleidoscope-like surrounded his consciousness and yet he could see nothing. Time had changed or at least his perception of it had. Then, he found himself standing in a large solarium. There was a huge swimming pool, the roof was a made of glass and formed a dome above him. Every few yards around the edge of the pool, little candles burned,. As much as he obsessed about keeping his body in beautiful, physically attractive, strong, healthy condition, he wanted to enhance it and support it with everything he could find. His facial skin care rivaled that of Christian Bale’s in “American Psycho”. He knew he was very fortunate to have the looks that he was born with, and he proudly displayed them at their best whenever he could. He moisturized his constantly-suntanned skin with some very expensive substances he had come across, and.