"Of course the wizard knew his name. "Uh, sorry, sorry, I'm sort of scared and well, am I dreaming?" No, you're a goddamned character in a short story...on Fictionmania, and you know as well as I do that you aren't dreaming. Here," he handed Carl a paper bag."Uh, what's this?" It's what you came here for, now beat it. I have to get the shop packed up. I'm re-opening in downtown Reno tomorrow night." The wizard began packing bottles labeled Miracle-Titty-Gro into a carton on the floor.Carl. In a way she actually respected him more at this moment. He had demonstrated that indeed he was not going to put up with this any more. Tricia had unconsciously held power over Robert by always coming back to him. Now with the threat of punishment every time she drank, the balance of power in the marriage suddenly shifted to his favor. Every time she drank, Tricia would be faced with a choice, leave, or take a punishment. Robert hit Tricia hard. A thick pink stripe immediately appeared across. "Oh hi mom........yea we got here this morning..." Sarah started to tellher mother about their trip to the cabin.Upstairs Mike pulled his boxers back up, he smiled an evil smile, he wassure he'd have another chance to fuck his mom.Mike woke up with a start the next morning, he had been having some kind ofweird dream which he could't remember, but he was left with the sense thatit had been quite erotic and had involved his mother to some extent. He layin his bed for a few moments thinking about. ..”“Because you know your own name,” she answered.I looked around again. Everything was white except me and her. “Where are we?” I asked. “I thought I was in a warehouse.”“You are,” she said. “This environment was created to help facilitate your transition while you are in stasis.”“I’m in stasis?” I asked and she nodded. “Is Valory in stasis too?” Rho nodded again. “What about the missing women, where are they?”“Missing women?” she asked and then blinked. “Oh, you’re referring to the vessels.”.