By the Twelve, what is wrong with you?” Briefly, Silmaria considered insisting nothing was wrong, then quickly discarded the notion. Cook knew her t...o well, and she would poke and prod and wheedle her until she inevitably gave in and opened up. “I’m really confused, and sad, and angry, and…gods, Cook, I don’t know. I’m going through just about every emotion I can think of lately, and most of them aren’t good ones.” “Uh-huh. And this is about…?” Cook ventured, letting Silmaria fill in. Silmaria. But will the new powers be too much?After about twenty minutes, Tara and Melissa come downstairs and join me. They are wearing thick robes, and Tara is carrying a robe. They sit opposite me on chairs.Tara says, "So have you been thinking?" Too right I have, Tara," I reply, "at warp speed." Have you reached any decisions?" Well, the power is appealing, but I worry about losing control and who knows what could happen?"Melissa speaks up, "I understand. It was scary at first for me when Tara. She explained these belts only came in long sizesto fit the large Santas. She also had them make two rope-like stretchersthat could be used to tighten the belt to whatever limit I couldtolerate. She explained this was better than a corset because you couldachieve a thinner waist. She demonstrated how this worked by having meput on the belt as tight as possible. Then she attached one stretcher tothe belt and tied the other end to a door knob. The other stretcherhooked into the last holes of the. " Yes, you are but you can set the pace or opt out. If you decide Victoria's not a good idea remember that I will still love you but don't play with her and then drop her. If you do that I'll be after you and you won't like it." I don't think there's any danger of that. Among other things I couldn't let General Anthony and Frances down. And then Rupert would probably shoot me before you got your claws into me."Serena chuckled. "You seem to have adopted another family." I think it's the other.