"You appear disturbed, child." The Eldest stated the obvious as T'Pau's face appeared on the screen."Her bond faded as you suspected. Without fluctuat...on, it faded over a time of approximately seven point three-five seconds." It is then as I thought," the Eldest said gravely. "His mind is damaged, but alive. There is but one solution. We must bring T'Pol and myself to him. Only if I can reconnect the children, even if only shortly, she can be saved from the darkness."What else upsets you,. ”“Get your ass in the kitchen,” said Jessica sternly.“Yes, ma’am,” mumbled Marie as she removed the strap-on and handed it to Jessica, pulled on her robe, and went to the kitchen.“Hi Jess,” said Samantha.“Sam,” replied Jessica as Samantha stood up to reveal a very surprised-looking Serena. “Who’s this?”“This is Serena,” answered Samantha. “My yoga teacher.”“Oh, right!” said Jessica. “I’ve heard a lot about you.”“Really?” Serena’s face had turned bright red with embarrassment. Here she was on. While I hadn't really seen anything happening to me I certainly feltthat something was somehow different. My hair started falling down inmy eyes, which was really strange considering that I had recently cutit so short that I couldn't even see it. I fell towards the ground butbefore I hit it Rick caught my back and slowed down my fall. He gotdown in a sitting position and tried holding my head and body up sothat I leaned on him. My hair was now down to my mouth and keptgrowing. My chest area. Everything seemednormal, even though I knew I had changed. Karen had just been promoted toPrincipal of the school after the firing of Mr. Lee. I was very happy withthe change as Karen shared my views on the caring treatment of all students.She then took out a small wooden box out of her purse "One of your studentsasked me to give this to you." I took the box from her. The workmanship ofthe box was beautiful. At first I wasn't even sure there was a seam.Karen then spoke "I just love the box. I.