She went from tight sweaters and tight jeans in April and May to shorts and tank tops in June and July, but it really got bad when August came around ...nd she started coming over in bikini bathing suits. I do have to admit that I almost lost it once and was ready to take her in the house and do the dirty deed, but my dad coming home from work early saved me.September arrived and I went back to school, which not only got me away from Nina, but also got me in touch with girls my own age. But the. Beth was now six inches shorter than he. ‘Seriously, Ray, you and I have to talk about what you did with Harry this afternoon. Not so much what, but how. I know our sister has some plans of her own for you two this weekend, but we should talk before the folks get home.’ ‘Ahh…mmm…Okay, I guess. Can you get away from Jake and Ellen and the kids for a couple of hours tomorrow, and come out for lunch. Maybe around two. We should be ready for a break and a meal by then.’ Beth laughed, loudly. ‘You. They spent an hour talking about this and that. They all had coffee and slices of pie. After finishing up the two got up, thanked Sal, and started to walk away. Then they paused and asked Sal if he would like to come back to their room in the rooming house down the road and have a beer. He readily accepted. When they arrived at the room on the second floor of the house the two new friends, Neil the tall one, and Buck the short one both asked Sal if he minded if they got comfortable. He had no. The mages keep an eye on all innovation and decide over what should or should not be allowed, some are arbitrary — just on the whim of the ruling Mage — and others are destroyed and the person suggesting the innovation is 'steered' towards less 'dangerous' ideas. So in Earth terms, the world is kept to a medieval level, all travel is by horse, the farmers grow crops without any 'man-made' fertiliser, cows are milked by hand.Medical matters are mostly carried out by the Mages, rather those who.