The machinery was what he had himself bought to better work his acres.As his gaze swept round Mark was stunned to see an incredibly dirty looking youn... man standing not more than twenty yards away with one foot frozen in mid stride. The shotgun came up reflexively pointed towards this strange sight."Well, well! Lad. I had almost given up hope to see one of your lot the night," said Mark with a slow smile of ironic humour came unbidden to his face. "Now then lad don't be doing anything daft now.. " Your father knows that as a girl, you're very pretty Kelly, he couldsee that with his own eyes, so it's not just that he doesn't like it,it's just that he doesn't understand how a boy can look so...feminine!Now then," mom said as she sat upright, "since we have agreed that youcan dress up, at least once in a while, why don't we go to the mall andget you some things of your own, like shoes that fit correctly?" Are you sure you want to do that mom?" I'll get you a purse," she said, leaving me. That's going to take some time getting used to.”And she put the glass down on the table and another one next to it for Naomi and then she sat down and poured herself a glass and she drank half of it in one gulp and then she said “And so is this,” and she was looking at me but she was pointing at the two glasses in front of me when she said it and I said “What?” and she said “You and Naomi.”“No, come on,” I said. “I mean, it's just now. And then… I'm going home, so…” and then I said “Oh shit!”. He pressed what had to be a trigger, causing a plasma burst to fire and be absorbed by his powers.“We must do something, please!” Róisín begged.“We will, but it won’t be anything stupid,” Roxanne replied sympathetically.“He had a bad feeling about this one. It’s why he asked me to ensure you didn’t go along,” Arch added to Róisín as he and Jemima hugged her.“I know, he doesn’t want Mark to lose me, silly man,” Róisín sobbed gently.“Do we have any accurate figures for him?” Roxanne asked.“About.