Guys, don't jump in on the ladies unless you are invited or we will throw your asses out... and for god sakes, if you use a condom, don't put it in my...damned slipper" . Yes that is the readers digest version of a 15 minute speech he gave every time we met. So with the speech out of the way, Carl announced it was time for initiations. He pointed at Drea, and had her sit on the plastic chair that he had been leaning on. She looked nervous... he kneeled beside her and started fumbling with a. Passing through the common room without stopping we mounted the stair on the wall and finally emerged in a well-appointed and comfortable room. Robert tossed his cloak on a chair. He walked to a sideboard and returned with two glasses and a bottle. ‘I understand you like brandy.’ He half-filled the glasses and handed me one. ‘Please, sit down,’ he invited as he returned the bottle to its place and settled himself on a couch, warming the brandy with the friction of his hands. I swirled the. Toasts for which Ginny and I drank sparkling cider. Grandpa and I stood together to thank people as they left for the night, and soon all were gone save for a select few.There had been several private meetings during the night, where Grandpa told people what they expected to hear, that I was not going to be a guardian, but that I had my own gifts that would contribute greatly to the family in the coming years. Each group was allowed to think of me as not the prodigal son, but perhaps another. .. ''Park it in my back yard... ' Béla replied. 'We will be happy to care for your pilot until the northern sun returns.'Béla patiently chanted her Sumarian prayer several more times. Appropriately, it was a simple prayer for a good harvest. She finally heard the carrier's noisy propellers as the craft approached. She and Elaine were mind-linked together, Elaine standing opposite Béla, one of them on each side of the lamppost.'Ready, Darling?' Béla sent to her sister.The two of them had spent.