I guess 8:00 pm on an August Wednesday most everyone else in town has something else to do.I continue my stroll into the wood, the sun becoming less v...sible through the lush summer canopy. The old trees are large with wide, outreaching branches. The air in the wood, out of the direct sun, is a bit cooler, but still a very welcome feeling. I can't help but smile. Suddenly, beyond the next few trees, just off the path, I hear the sound of a man heavily breathing. I wonder if it's the same couple. Or there's some stains on her panties, or her friend she goes to see every weekend calls and complains that she hasn't seen her in ages.Or, you could find out like I did, and come home at the wrong time.Now, like I said before, I've read a bunch of stuff - that fucker Just Plain Bob has pretty much written down every possible way to get "the surprise" - and I've thought about it, and it pretty much comes down to (A) other people know that you know; or (B) they don't.And I've thought about this,. I want the Explorer’s Guild up in the air. I’ll have my boys give you a lift, we need terrain maps. I want to know every hill, ditch, crevice and creek within 3 kilometres of their direct line of travel.“The three clans are about to have an intake. We have so many able-bodied barrier realms running around this city right now it’s not funny. We are going to have to inform the city eventually, after all, a whisper travels faster than the horse. If we can keep the citizens controlled and rile them. .. ooo!“ cried Julia despairingly. „I’d rather die!“„Unfortunately,“ said Melissa with calm cynicism, „they make sure here that no such easy way out is available.“There was another silence, before Julia started repeating again and again, „I can’t believe it... I can’t believe it...“A sudden flash of anger came into Melissa’s blank eyes.„For God’s sake start believing it,“ she snapped. „Let me try and help you. Let me try and give you some more facts. Get it into your head that, from now on,.