Acting as a conduit for that kind of magic, seeing the things that I saw ... it was draining.”“What happened to you?” she asked. “All I saw wa... you placing your hands near the sunken star, then you seemed to freeze up, like your body had turned to stone. After a few seconds, you fell backwards, as though it had rejected you.”“A few seconds?” he repeated, giving her a confused look. “I was gone for minutes, at least. My soul ... my consciousness, it left my body. I was carried high into the sky,. Twitch didn’t tell me about feeling like that.”Darcy blinked a couple of times as what she said took hold of his brain. “So you have never had sex before?” he had to ask.She shook her head, “No of course not, silly. I’m a first-born. I’m not my Dames first pup but my sire was also a human so I was first-born of that litter, as she didn’t have any other pups. She had hoped that she would but it wasn’t to be.”“Female pups from humans always become guardians. Two pups to a human are not uncommon. " Nena came about because the girls got more pay than me at the travelcompany. The first time I dressed as Nena I made considerably more asNena. Trouble is I have always looked slightly feminine. I got beaten upat school and called all sorts of names. Eventually the name-callingstopped. I suppose others could see then what I did not. Be that as itmay I am getting married to Jool's at the end of the month in theCathedral. I know already she likes having Nena about." Same with me and my cousin. On the farm there had been no one to see it anyway.He decided to fix a glass of chocolate milk, and padded to the kitchen to pour the milk and squirt the chocolate sauce in it. He was stirring when he sensed another presence. He looked over his shoulder and saw Carly, now wearing the shirt she had earlier been clutching to her chest."You okay?" he asked.He saw her eyes range down his body and then she nodded."It's weird." It is," he agreed. "Are you still happy you decided to... " He took a.