He was still on his side, with Elaina on hers facing him. Her nipple was still at his lips, and he saw that the skin was pruned. He smiled a little, t...inking of why that might be.As he watched, Elaina rolled to her back and stretched. She slowly opened her eyes and blinked, then turned her face to him. Her beautiful leaf-green eyes gazed lovingly into his, and his heart melted. She smiled and her eyes smiled with her.She sat up and stretched some more, raising her arms up over her head. Her. He'd seen this emotional shift in a Weasley before…Ron tended to suddenly change tracks under stress as well. She was fighting to steady her breathing and continued, “ Why wasn’t I…stronger? I should have done better at blocking… that curse! My brother almost died because I was too… weak! Poor Hermione is still… still fighting to come back to us! All because… of me!” Harry was astonished at Ginny’s confession of guilty feelings. After he collected himself he responded, not meaning to, but. When I'd recovered I looked at Robbie, who was sitting with her hands folded on the table in front her, looking innocent.I wondered if I could crack her angelic look if I said, "Yeah, she, Tami and I are going to do a threesome."I decided I wasn't that brave. "Yeah, Tami was thinking about dying her hair, so I bet that if I won, she and Robbie couldn't dye their hair, and if I lost, they could dye mine." You're a braver man than I am." Gunga Din," I said, finishing the quote. Her dad raised his. Dr. Stench's face went pale and he turned to watch the machine act. Hecouldn't stop it. He swallowed nervously, watching the machine takeGenos apart, re-arrange, re-attach and seal his body parts. Minutes thatfelt like hours passed before the "upgrade" was complete, and the lifereturned to Genos's eyes. Stench could only grimace as the upgradedcyborg slowly sat up."Urgh..." he groaned as he slowly turned to look up at the scientiststanding over him, noting the concerned look on the scientist's.