‘We’ll miss it if we don’t get started soon.’ Sunrise comes very early on the longest day of the year, especially from the top of Cadillac Mou...tain. We’ve been talking about doing this all week, but actually getting out of bed this early suddenly seems like the best reason not to go. I put my hand on your shoulder, ‘You know you’ll be sorry if we miss it.’ You turn back to me. In the darkness I can just see you try to open your eyes. ‘It can’t be morning…’ you mumble. Raising your hands, you. Well, they did once they regained consciousness, and the short-term paralysis of their arms and legs wore off. At least the man that asked for me to spar with the grandmaster understood why the grandmasters were in pads.The remaining thirteen grandmasters must have trained together or competed against each other at some point. I noticed the small movements they used to coordinate their attacks on me, not that it did them much good. I felt like I was cheating with the ease I landed a hit on the. "Coffee first," he announced and sat down at one of the small tables that dotted his rooms. "And one of you go ask Paphian Nova to join me - once you've found me a robe."Corvus stoically drank his first cup of coffee black. The bitter, faintly acrid brew was more a punishment than a stimulant, but it braced him and made him feel more Roman for having survived drinking it. His second cup he sugared and creamed normally. Being a stoic was one thing, but there was no point in being a. She was made for me, and I was made for her. We kept walking, and by the time we reached her apartment we were both soaked. She put the key nervously into her door and opened it. We were too afraid to say anything and ruin the moment. She tried the light switch, but the power was out. She kicked her shoes off and started lighting candles. I tossed my sports jacket on the floor and kicked my shoes off too. The moment was tense. Moving felt like walking underwater. She stood in the middle of the.