“Everyone take a look and let me know if you’re interested.”Gurg’s Shinplate+24 Strength, Agility or Intellect, whichever is highest.+12 Const...tution+5% Physical Damage Reduction+5% Magical Damage ReductionEnchanted ManabandUncommon+12 Intellect+10 ConstitutionIncreases your base mana regeneration by 5 mp/s.“I pass on the ring,” Mason said. “That chest piece though ... How am I going to roll without my phone?”“I can add you to the roll, even without you having your phone on you,” I replied.. It was a simple idea, but I had just accepted that my infatuation with George was doomed to be just that: a fantasy that would always be a bright memory in my mind."I don't know, Barb. He's so far from what we're used to. He's got a Ph D; he's got all the girls in school panting after him; he's so... old. Why would he pick me?" Actually, though, at nineteen, he seemed so old to me, in truth he was only thirty. Looking back now, that was incredibly young. Ah, well... We tried to concoct a plot. But they are background noise. You just ordered you favorite dish." I did?"The figure nodded."Huh. Go figure."He looked out the window, watching the traffic travel buy, as the leaves blew on the wind and rain."So, what's all this? Is this real?" In a way, it is. A snapshot through time, a window that can be opened. A door that can go anywhere." You can do that?"The figure "smiled" once more."Perks of being the janitor."He chuckled."I didn't think you'd have a sense of humor." Life as you know. That’s something I’d like to see.”They reached the Whalen lobby. “After you,” he said as he held the door. Carter followed her to her suite and into her bedroom. The door closed and he held her in an embrace.“Can’t we get our coats off, first?” she asked and unzipped her jacket. Valerie slipped off her leg warmers and Carter set his coat on her desk chair.They embraced and kissed. “Nervous?” he asked.“A little. What’s it been? Six weeks?”“Six weeks and a few days.” He kissed her lips.“Mmm ....