Someone far more powerful than me, someone capable of awakening a latent." A latent?" You were a latent, you're now a rogue, though you should be an a...prentice." Um. Sounds complex." Actually, I'm your second preceptor. Your first is for all intents and purposes dead. Your Inceptor silenced him." Killed him?" I was barely managing to follow all this."No, silenced. Eliminated his talent, wiped him clean." Uh, why?" Well, he missed you, didn't he? He didn't get to you before you took off. Then he. Teresa got up and walked around the couch until she was standing behind me.Placing her hands to the side of my face, she gently pulled my head back until I was looking up at her. Then, leaning very closely she whispered, "Do you want to tell us now whether Esmeralda was right?" Yes." I replied.She kissed me on the forehead and asked, "Yes what?"I head Cheryl get up from the couch but couldn't tell where she was going."Yes to both." I replied.Hearing my words, Teresa placed her lips upon my. The great ruffledlegs ran almost to my ankle. "Now that." He pointed to a strange lookingitem that had a string running, zigzag along one side. "Put the laces inthe back." I hesitated. "Do it now!" Over the rest of this stuff?" I asked. He pointed his gun toward myface. I quickly relented and pulled it on. I frowned as it settled at mywaist, one end was high and almost covered my chest, the bottom endedright at my hips. At regular intervals around the middle, great whalebones were inserted.. ’ ‘Well, I know the kind of things you are feeling now and the pressure can get pretty intense.’ Then in a somewhat shy voice she says, ‘Mom, I won’t be pushed into anything. Besides, I have learned to relieve a little pressure on my own.’ I look at her. She is looking down and I guess waiting to find my reaction. ‘That’s good,’ I reply. ‘There certainly nothing wrong with that.’ I see her let her breath out and her shoulders straighten a little. She looks up at me and says, ‘There’s something.