As I stepped closer, I realized Dale was naked there in the darkness. He sat in his office chair facing me, his hips thrust forward and his feet set w...de apart on the floor between us. For the first time, I could see the full extent of Dale's nudity. I could see the silhouette of Dale's massive biceps set against the yellow light from the desk behind him. His burly shoulders, and his brawny chest. Dale's stomach was large and round, but he wasn't fat. He was more lumberjack than couch potato.. “Don’t hold your breath on that one, it’s a natural progression of the math,” Arch noted as the Seers opened a hidden portal to Zrik for us.“The forces of Ar-Thenna have pulled back, Seeker,” Tenklar reported as Crnnch, his staff, as well as several hundred grunts armed with the new pistols, came through a Yr’ch sanctioned portal.“Then let us prepare to advance,” Crnnch ordered, just as a series of glowing forms appeared, one of whom was his goddess.“My children,” Athena greeted the Yr’ch, all. "That lady! Mrs. Conner. I took the first test and finished and she told me to check my work, that I must've missed some pages. And I showed her the answer sheet. And she asked me if I understood the questions. It was funny. She just didn't believe that I did the work." You've surprised a bunch of people today. I'm one of them." Really?" I mean, I knew you were smart. It shows in the way you talk about things. But now ... it's like your swimming. Another surprise." I'm glad I surprise you in. Tom slapped his forehead. “Ah, sorry, Bob, but I talked to the Coach when we got back and he asked me to tell you he wanted to meet.” I punched him in the arm thanking him for all the advanced information. As we ate, again we talked about our time at home. It was then that I remembered that I had asked Mikey to come up to CBS the week before we got off for the Christmas holiday. I told Tom and Dave this and they seemed to be fine with the idea.“So is he as cute as Bob?” Tom asked.