‘That is our job ain’t it?’ ‘Considering who is involved? Yes,’ he agrees. ‘But I got a call this morning from President McKinsey this mor...ing shortly after the news reports starting pouring out and we’ve been ordered to lay low considering we’re not supposed to even exist.’ ‘You’re kidding right?’ Dupree shouts. Grines smiles. ‘Hold your horses. I didn’t say we’re going to sit back and watch a bunch of goons run around killing innocent people while we sit back sipping martinis. You guys will. Georgia was still having difficulty dealing with her son's siding with his father.Back at school, I was still trying to locate my first brain trust member. I had put up the contest terms on the bulletin boards on campus, but they had only generated three entries. Only one entry had sufficient thought put into it to warrant any follow up action taken by me. The student in question was named Paul Carter, and his idea for testing to find an ideal candidate had involved a complicated obstacle. Said Queen Triada's thoughts.Sam looked at the other five there with him, quickly he explained the allies that had just contacted him. He then turned toward the three different groups of minds he felt. You will stay close 'til we exit the portal. Then I wish you to remain there as we go in. All three of the groups agreed, Sam turned to open the portal. He waited a moment as he felt more minds start to add to each group. At first a few hundred, that quickly grew to thousands, within moments each. "I left the shaman's hut to find a place to hide the amulet. Before I had found a place I thought was suitable, I had a thought. I could wear both amulets until I found the woman I wanted to share the future with! What place could be safer than around my neck? I ran back and discussed my idea with the shaman. He thought for a minute and then agreed with me. From then on, for many years, I wore two amulets.I had reached my 20th year and was quite handsome, I thought, and the women of the village.