In my haste toshow Claire how I looked, I went in her room without knocking.Claire was just putting on her bra, but didn't even pause when I walkedin....Embarrassed, I started to leave, but she told me that I might aswell stay, since sisters usually had nothing to hide. It did not takeher long to get her makeup on and get dressed, then, as a pair, wewalked out of her room, down the stairs, and into the familyroom. Clairewore a dress that was identical to mine except that hers was red, whilewe. Commanding their steeds to await their return. The four linked their realm to the Nexus and proceeded to open the portal. They were greeted by more 'Death Metal' than any of the four ever imagined could exist. Stymied, the four brothers sought a way around this barrier, only to have it moved from the other side by something they 'knew' could not be real... 'A Blue Dragon'.'Greetings, My Lords. Welcome to the realm of men. Oh here, let me get that thing out of your way, ' Puff sent, while. ”“No.”I kept walking.“Les, listen...”“Just. No.”She was scrambling to follow me up the walk as I reached the door.“Les...”“Fuck No!” I slammed the door and locked it behind me, leaning against it for a second, feeling cold sweat running down my face and down between my shoulder blades as she pounded on it and tried to talk to me.I walked over and turned the stereo on, cranking Santana up as high as it could go, then turning the outside speakers on to max.She hated Santana, but it still took her. Osid wished he could turn down the funds but he understood reality as well as anyone. The race would be won by the swift and the wealthiest often had a shorter distance to run. Joseph’s coin would allow him to start even farther ahead of the pack than his lineage already did.He had taken his remaining soldiers and departed for home just a week after killing his leader. With the mountain pass closed, it would take him several weeks longer to reach his capital but that couldn’t be helped. Only.