It'srare for me to forget someone." I've changed... a lot," said Jaux.Jaux still gripped her new staff, Sevla, in her right hand, and pulledthe demon ...oot out of her robe with her left. She placed it on thecounter in front of the shopkeeper, waiting for him to make the mentalconnection."Mm, yes, I remember this," the old shopkeeper carefully said as hepicked up the demon root. "Still as cold as ever."The old man studied Jaux with focused eyes, looking her up and down. Hiseyes slowly opened up. Lynn seemed quite anxious to see her again. Maybe he was one of those people for whom politeness demanded that they reciprocate as quickly as possible.Lynn was surprised at how strongly he wanted to see Sam again too. In fact he was surprised at quite a few of his reactions today!Major appeared at his side, and Lynn reached down to pet him. His tail began to wag, until Lynn stopped and turned to leave. The black dog began to whimper"Don't worry, you little traitor, he'll be back," she. Still, at times, late at night he wondered.On impulse Harold turned his car to the curb and parked near the bigtent. Maybe he could get directions to a nearby hotel from the workers,or another customer, besides the tent did sound like fun. His Sam hadalways loved glass houses and halls of mirrors. Samantha, hisprecious-precious Sam. Harold glanced at the street sign at the corner,"Diamond and 6th. Who knows, maybe there's a treasure inside the lot atDiamond and 6th." With a rueful smile Harold. "If anything, I'd say she looks a bit younger, but I thought that was only because she was so relaxed here," said Ororo."Well, she's lived here with me for about six years, and physiologically-speaking, her body is currently about 25 years old."Which I should point is younger than she was when she arrived ... well if you subscribe to the fiction and ignore the whole artificially created aspect, though of course I didn't say any of that out loud."How?" asked Kitty suspiciously."Nanites," I said.