Each soul came to… came into Harry as if he were an enormous vacuum pulling them in. When the last left the mire at Silverton’s feet the older wiz...rd smiled.“You have done well,” he said warmly. “Release us now, and I will lead them home.”The cold was pressing in on Harry once again, fighting one last desperate attack to keep its precious treasure as Silverton floated toward Harry.“H-Home?” Harry asked through chattering teeth. “H-Heaven? D-Dean needs t-to—” “Release us, Harry,” breathed. She was white-faced and disheveled. ‘It’s Kip,’ she screamed, thudding into Dan who’d braced himself and his arms slammed around her. ‘Have you shot him?’ ‘No oh god no, you would have killed me,’ Rosina panted. ‘I didn’t take a gun because I don’t shoot from the saddle.’ ‘What then?’ ‘He was chasing a hare and in the mad dash they both went over the cliff.’ ‘Oh is that all,’ Dan said, and kissed Rosina on the lips, hearing the two females behind him gasp. ‘How can you be so callous and. "Is this who I am now?" I wondered."It's who I always saw you as," came his reply, "and loved you as. But here you can be anyone you wish." How? Is there a maintenance shop nearby?" Just decide," came the reply from someone who now flickered through what I instinctively recognized had to be each body he'd ever inhabited, before returning to the familiar one.Seeing that, I easily did the same a moment later, before returning to my first body again."This is how I met you," I said happily of my. " Sorry," I said. "My job's to keep you safe, get you started home." Weren't they just robbers, highwaymen?"I nodded, reloading my pistol."You expect more trouble?" Never know," I said.She moved as far away from me as she could."Don't think you had to kill them," she said, looking straight ahead, chin wobbling."They'd a killed me, used you, probably killed you and then taken what they wanted, burned the rest." What do you mean used, poked me," her voice dropped, "raped me?"I nodded, tamping.