And perfect."Tori looked down, trying to hold back a smile. I was hoping I had gotten to her in a positive way. "Well, I think you're being honest fin...lly, and that's a good thing. So let's get this over with." My heart jumped into my mouth at the words. "Whatta ya mean? 'Get this over with.' Whatta ya going to do?" I stammered nervously. "Just come here," Tori said with mild impatience. "It'll just take a second." I stared at her in horror."Just come sit here between us," Cassy said sliding. May the Lord give you peace and love all the days of your lives. Amen," he said. He explained to me later on that this was the oldest Christian blessing that had survived the centuries and come down to us, an audible link with the ancient world.Our casa and parents all gathered around us and Rose stepped forward."I believe that was your handfasting ritual," she said. She had the spool of red thread in her hand and we held all four of our hands together as she wound the thread around us. When we. The waiter took two menus and led us to a small table off to the side out the way anyway. On the table there was a small tea candle and a red rose. The waiter fumbled in his pocket. Zoe shrank back as he leaned across and lit the candle. He disappeared, leaving us with the menus to silently contemplate this new weird uncomfortable intimacy.I looked around. There was a small red rose on a jar on every table. Looking closely, I saw it was plastic. But it was quite a realistic red rose. You could. The flame wound, twisted following the foam racing, splitting and meeting back up with itself. It went out and Natasha wiped her back clean again and applied a coating of mineral oil to her back and stepped aside.Erik stepped to Lisa's side and Natasha handed him what looked like a pair of drum sticks the ends on fire. I used a different method of lighting my cups but he went to light and place cups on Lisa's back in the same fashion as I would a client. It was being done for amusement and.