Sarnt had activated the open circuit and had kept up a running commentary which Ivy had recorded onto her shuttle's log. She had been on the other sid... of the Stews when Sarnt came on line and within seconds had swung about and pushed the throttles to the firewall. (Bill Oscar tore a humungous strip off her for putting the shuttle into the workshop for maintenance when she knew the children were not getting hurt. Bill's wife tore a larger strip off him for doing it.) Pat's main problem had been. "Are you ready to give us another donation?" Sure!" Jack answered."Please come with me," Mei said, turning and leading the way down the hall to one of the closed doors. Opening it Mei stood aside to allow Jack to pass, leaving just enough room for him to slide by her. As he passed her Jack could smell her perfume and he felt his anticipation of what was to come start to grow.Inside Jack saw the same paper covered exam table as before. Alongside one wall was a narrow desk with an armless office. "Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to The. To be powerless and trapped for so long, alone, and unable to fix the mistake she had made in anger must have been terrible to deal with until the power of the curse would be broken.My eyes widened as I realized what had happened and why I had felt odd while I was there. She had probably used all her power just to pull me into her dreamscape and keep me there. The curse had been weakened at that moment, but not disrupted fully. That would explain why I had no powers then, either, as it was.