Oh sure, thoughts like that could easily be chalked up tothe overactive imagination of a sixteen-year-old, but I think in my caseit held a bit more we...ght.When I was fourteen, my parents died after they had been broadsided ontheir way home from dinner by a girl who thought it was perfectly fineto be cruising down city streets doing sixty miles per hour while havinga lengthy chat on her phone's instant messenger. I suppose some wouldsay I could take solace in the fact that they died instantly,. "Now this was getting plain scary. "You mean that you know everything I'mthinking, feeling... dreaming?"Noah paused and stroked his chin. "Not really. Your brainwaves are notexactly readable by a human, but the computer translates then into usablepatterns with some seriously complex math. You mind also enters adifferent state when you dream, in fact have you never noticed yourdreams?"Bewildered I gave my affirmation. "They are like some sort of vividsymphony, almost tangible in their reality.". When the receptionist answered, Ed said, “May I speak with Ellen Faber?”He was quiet for a moment until Ellen picked up the phone. With a slight pause, he asked, “Are you tracking any forest fires where I am?”There was a moment of silence and then he said, “I just heard that a couple of lightening strikes started a fire up here.”As everyone in the room watched him talking on the phone, he said, “Put them on alert. I’m sure that it will get escalated if what I’ve been told is correct.”Listening. The exhilarating chill fired through me. I felt so alive. Sex and danger... They both had a similar rush. A similar excitement. I should be terrified. My women were in danger, and yet...And yet there was a fight. There was danger. There was...This was why Rithi wanted me to end my relationship with Kora. To get her away from the chaos of adventure. From the danger of fighting brutal monsters like that ogre. Through the roaring battle-passion, fear twisted through me for Kora and Zanyia fighting.