”“Why not?”“I’m not a person Sera, I’m a catalog, a table of contents, a magic artifact, an item, a thing. I was made over ten thousand ye...rs ago and have had countless owners. Can you imagine what it would do to me, watching person after person I fell in love with die of old age or in some gruesome manner deep in a dungeon? We can’t love for a reason,” she looked down at her glowing arms, “but right now I do. What did that woman do to me?”Sera stared at the little sprite who couldn’t seem to. A moment later, and Delafuente called softly, "Calesthenics. Collins, modify the Hop and Pop ... I don't need you going down with an injury. Jumping jacks, on my mark ... begin."Lenore understood what he had meant when the men began an exercise that had them throw themselves to the ground, kick their legs out, and then do a pushup, then jump back to their feet. She made do with squats and pushups, without the violent absorption of momentum with her shoulders and biceps the men were doing,. Tim had told me about the cottage, but when we got there it was quite a bit different from what I had imagined. It was bigger for sure, but it also had a more rustic look than I was expecting. Inside was done up very nicely, and even though from outside it looked a little weathered, inside everything was clean and cozy. Tim gave me a quick pointed tour ("bathroom" - point, "deck" point", "Diane's room" - point, etc.) before showing me his room. His room had two single beds in it (as did. Vor der Tür zu seinem Zimmer gab es dann eine kleine Nische, die ich die Tage schon ausgespäht hatte und in der ich nun auf ihn wartete.Nach einer guten halben Stunde kam er dann. Ich trat aus der Nische wobei er sich voll erschreckte. "Oh Gott sie sind wirklich gekommen. Ich sagte doch das hier jetzt nichts geschehen wird!", sagte er während er die Tür aufschloss.Als er dann die Tür offen hatte huschte ich flink mit den worten "Und ich hab gesagt das werden wir dann sehen!", hinein.Er trat ein.