"Hugging Patricia, I asked, "Now I have you to thank for taking care of me, what I could do to repay the favor?" I will let you know later ... just ke...p this going for now."We eventually got up and jumped in the shower together where I washed her hair as a partial repayment to her. We got dressed and headed downstairs where the rest were eating."Wow! You look much better today," Jenny said."Thanks, I feel as good as new. Are we expecting anyone today?" We're expecting the propane tanks, the. Hermouth hadn't moved since interviewing mom.'Today at 9:00PM FCT, I, and my two sisters, were forced to intercedewith this world and enact it's rescue. Before I go any farther, let meintroduce us.' Alex silently motioned Alexandra and I into frame. 'Tomy right is Alexandra Frances Reilly, and to my left is AlexandraFrances Fleming. To head off all questions, yes, we all look identical.Each of us is known by another name or title, if you will. We are knownas 'The Empress of Time and Space'.". George, let Toni feel Zeus.”“Zeus?”“Yes, it’s like a God. It performs magic. It does things that normal humans could never understand.”George moved over to Toni and she reached her hands out to hold it. Her fingers went only half way around it. From a distance, I had not realized how thick it was. Toni dropped down onto her knees to give her better access with her hands but what this did, was put her head directly near its enormous head.“Goyse, you are missing out. That’s unfair. Why don’t you. But I love the smell of books in the library. I love the feel of real ink on a page. I expect an old book to look old ... that's what tells me it's worth reading. Its smell and its feel. Good books seem to last longer.I have fleeting memories of past occupations ... the Assistant Director Second Chance Unit of the Bureau of Reclamation, a branch of Nine Lives Institute, told me this was number nine ... no more chances.Evidently, in one of my former lives I was an archaeologist and spent an.