“It has to do with things beyond what you currently know. Suffice it to say some elementals are older than others. They come into existence at the s...me time as the metal to which they’re bound. The rings are very, very old.”Yren scratched again at his skin around the finger.“If it’s bothering you that much, why not just take it off.”“I don’t seem to be able to remove it,” he replied.“Oh,” the woman responded, her voice sounding puzzled. Then he sensed her eyes widening. “OH. No. I guess not.. He really needed to talk with Megan. ‘I will leave during the day.’ Max heard himself say. ‘Good, the less you are here the better.’ Jordan flipped off the light and went upstairs. Max went in the bedroom and closed the door. He stripped down to his boxers and peeled back the pink comforter that lay on the bed. How manly. He crawled in and shut the light off. His mind was racing with so many thoughts. It was a few hours later before he fell asleep. *** Max woke up sometime in the night. He. She giggles, I smile. I pass his exit (on purpose) “guess your coming home with us”We get home, put into the lot and both Rich and I have to pee. Jessica goes to the house while Rich and I pee on the side of the house I turn around and he is just finishing up. “since we are going to see them anyways” I reach out and touch his and he touches mine. We zip up and head to the house. We get in sit on the couch. I get up turn off the light and Jessica comes in the room to turn on the electric. I couldn’t go back to sleep this morning, so I got up and quietly rummaged the stores. Found the fixings, and the pot where you stow it. Bunn. I had to look it up. You left your tablet on the seat last night. I guessed at the swipe pattern. I’m terrible, aren’t I? So, I looked it up, got it plugged in, thankfully we’re on shore power, or I wouldn’t have known what to do. I’m rambling like a nervous little girl, aren’t I?”“Keep going. I love the sound. You have an amazingly pretty voice. Do you.