Still, if you do need to litigate, we can always help you!" She grinned like a shark.Clara's firm had an excellent record in IP litigation. That was o...e of the reasons I was paying their high rates. That, and I really liked Clara's no-nonsense style. But it's their reputation that would keep the much bigger USS on their toes. Or so I hoped – suing your clients is usually the last resort in business.Some of the more advanced and most fascinating spells in the Grimoire were the enhancements. From. I was thrown in and had my hand and feet quickly bound together. We drove for what seemed like hours. I tried to say something but they shoved a gag in my mouth.We came to a stop and I heard the door open. First stop. I was picked up and planced on my knees. A color of some sort was put around my neck and they bound that to some part of this van. Then things went quite. I felt some one slide past me. The gag was removed.A deep voice said. Open your mouth faggot.No please stop I replied.Wrong. ."The boy startles, "You've read Edmund Snow Carpenter?" Well sure, what second grader hasn't? I don't think Carpenter saysanything nearly as insightful or original as McLuhan did-" But he sure says it with style!" Martin finishes for her.They smile at each other.Lisa wonders why she had never befriended this kid before. She had alwayscomplained about her lack of intellectual peers at Springfield ElementarySchool, and yet here was a boy she knew to be every bit as smart as shewas. Why hadn't. “Not much,” I answered with a sigh, “Except breaking up with Dana.” Chloe’s eyes opened wide in surprise. “You broke up with Dana?” she said incredulously, “What happened?” “She broke up with me, actually,” I explained, “She got a job offer overseas and is using it as an excuse to end the relationship, too.” “Too bad, Simon. You two seemed like such a nice couple,” Chloe responded. Her hand touched me lightly. “It’s hardly my first bust-up but the last big one was expected,” I said with another.