And Lucinda, y'all break out some new clean coffee cups. Bring 'em in here now, y'all don't have to sit there and watch the coffee make itself."When D...na and Lucinda had rejoined the group, Charlotte continued: "Now where did ah leave off? Let's see... well, keepin' the general happy, thet's it in a nutshell, but it does get a little more complicated. Let's start with this room, Ah s'pose. Y'all will respect each other's belongin's. No one touches yer bed or yer clothes without yer permission.. . First and second time." Oh-ho!!" said Zach."See," Brandon said, smiling. "That wasn't so hard." Or was it?" Meredith said. "I mean, they probably had some problems if it wasn't so hard."Tommy turned an alarming shade of red. "Well-lll," said Lisa."I guess that's not too surprising," Brandon said, swerving into the gap. "I mean, on your first time, of course you're gonna be nervous. And when your body's nervous, it's got other things to worry about than sending blood rushing to your genitals.". His compassion won out, and he took out his flask of 'potion' he had taken to carrying with him at all times, and unscrewed the cap. He poured a cap full of the golden liquid into it, and told the man to drink it down.The man took the cap and emptied it into his mouth, swallowing quickly."Here, now! That was not a shot of brandy," the man said indignantly."No, it wasn't. That was a dose of potion," Dev responded quietly."Potion? You wasted potion on the likes of me?" The man gasped out."What do. " Right." Her sense of time was something worth giving some serious scientific consideration to. In fact, I wondered if she 'experienced' anything at all when she wasn't interacting with me or some other live person. What was her existence like?The scene at the paint store would have made a great comedy skit. The saleslady didn't hover, but she was always near enough to be readily available if I had a question. That also meant she was close enough to hear me whispering to Annie when we were.