So he asked, "Then what do you need me for?"Sophie took Josh downstairs to the basement where Ross was tinkering with some contraption. It looked like...an external computer hard drive sitting on top of a microwave oven. There were two bicycle helmets attached to the microwave with thick green cables and two antennas sticking from the top of each helmet. Josh walked over to Ross who was immediately intimidated by the older boy who towered over him. Ross stuttered a greeting and attempted a hand. “Himo,” she said to the wood elf who sat cross-legged among the group of soldiers, sword for hires and adventurers. Himo had a way of being able to meditate almost anywhere and frequently waited until the last possible moment to rouse herself from her peaceful practice. Qiao did not want the General to think they were taking this less than seriously, and that was hard enough with Malark strumming on his lute.Himo rose from her lotus position in a graceful motion without using her hands. She. He only needed some distance. Perspective. But as awkward as it could be living in a house with a woman like Kathy, Paul had missed her more than he’d ever missed anyone.The day he came back, he’d timed his arrival for the middle of the day when he knew his mother would still be at work. She’d offered to come get him in her SUV so he could move his things home for the summer, but he’d turned down the offer and got her to rent him a vehicle. He’d wanted to make the four-hour drive on his own,. It was best to just let that be. The parties continued, that never even came up again. There were several other couples that were around from time to time, but everything was perfectly innocent. As far as I could tell, anyway. Sure, I saw dancing and even a few hands drifting around from time to time but I had seen things like that all the time at parties. One thing I did notice is that Ken was always full of tricks, he did things like unhook a woman’s bra without them knowing about it, he used.