.. even with 'plain vanilla-normal' senses." But why are things so quiet?" Dear, this is beyond even my ken." The woman paused, wondering whether to g... on. "I do sense something, dear. But it's nothing concrete. It's like a sort of shadow, one that's hovering at the very edge of even my farthest-seeing perceptions."Anya's sharp look of interest was enough to prompt the venerable matriarch to continue. She took a deep breath. "I sense..." She thought about it, trying to capture the gossamer. I folded my hands in my lap and just admired my nails. I stretched myfingers out and reflexively cupped them and realized that I couldn'tclose my hands with these one-inch talons. I thought, pretty-in-pink ornot, they were not for the timid nor easy to manage around.Seeing my gestures, she looked over and quipped, they take some gettingused to don't they. Yes, I can see that.She drove east for awhile, while we listened to the radio... chattingunhurried about life and whatever came up - as we. "But most were taken care of quickly and aren't a big problem today."Of course, not all of the side effects were bad. Perpetual lubrication and increased sex drives and stamina, for example." My great grandfather says it used to be against the law for kids to have sex. Is that true?" asked an incredulous teen in the back."Yes, as a matter of fact, they called girls like me 'jail bait' back then. They'd also arrest you for doing it with your family or someone of the same sex or even for not. He did whack the guy in the nose, but it could have been the heel of the hand into the nose, a killing blow. We all learned that one. That wrist thing Chuck did was so quick that it was just something that happened as the big guy went over the top of him.I was sitting drinking that first cup of coffee contemplating what had gone on when arms reached around me and soft lips kissed my ear. "I love you," a voice softly said, and it told me instantly that Sue was up with me. She said, "Everyone is.