" That had the definite ring of authority to it. "Council, huh? I think perhaps I should go visit this Council. Maybe things'll straightened out easie... than you realize." If the people on the Council's powers were in any way comparable to his parents', he would have an easy time with them; if not, he would still be a force to be reckoned with. From the vaguely sick look on his parent's faces, they did not relish the idea, but would help him meet these people."It'll take a couple of days to. The result was, thousands of more bodies blew up. For some reason, no one approached me, which was fine with me. I turned my back on them and concentrated on this side of the gate.They had done a good job of anchoring it, considering this was a previously sealed universe. I sent shafts of Chaos into the gate, and got ready to pull it down. Before I did that, I would have to go through it, back to the other side. Just destroying this side, would not destroy the other side."Wait!" I heard behind. .. and ... yes, he was pretty sure he had told them to do what Jacob wanted them to do. Of course, Jacob couldn’t speak comprehensibly, but he could communicate pretty well through miming actions. What if Jacob put the moves on his girlfriend’s mother? The good news was that apparently he and his girlfriend, Joan, had apparently already been having sex before Tommy had spoken with them. Well, ‘good news’ for Tommy’s conscience, at least, insofar as Tommy didn’t carry any responsibility for that. The last time, I was too concerned about your injuring someone to pay much attention.”“Frankly, there isn’t much to witness. Like any magic act, it’s best not looking behind the curtain.”“Well, our participants today are Frank, with—”“Agoraphobia, yeah, I got that.” Phil went down the line, pointing to each of her patients. “Bi-polar disorder, kleptomania, chronic depression, whatever you’re calling cutting and I’m unsure what the last is. I’ve wondered what her condition is.”“Oh, Marla suffers.