Washington had come to realize that magic involved more thanmere parlor tricks and could have military potential. Export ofmagically enhanced objects ...as subject to Federal licensing. I imaginedthe turf war she mentioned wasn't the only one. I could just see myfather using his influence to take the case away from the FBI."A raid last month netted us one of her warehouses, so she's goneunderground. We did take out her son, Pierre Dubois, though ? or atleast wounded and captured him. He was. It's notreally my drink.Alex stretched out a hand and laid it gingerly on my arm. "Baby, I'msorry, but another question first, and I want you to be honest, whathappened on the trip to make you question yourself?"I looked away, but I knew I had to tell her about Shane. I blushed, damnit. Will I ever stop doing that? I told her about the night at thehotel, about feeling lost and lonely and scared, and how I lay next toShane and how I tried to kiss him, but how nothing actually happened. Icouldn't. After what seemed like an eternity, I got my room number, my keys, my meal cards, my, ugh, fluorescent green nametag that must hang around my neck at ALL times. It glared ‘SAMANTHA’ in huge, black, letters, with a smaller ‘Schwartz’ underneath. Yummy- now the nerdy bassoon players wouldn’t even have to ask me my name before hitting on me. I lugged my bag towards my room, and collapsed on my bed. I was exhausted- I had woken up at four in the morning to get to the bus by five. Not my favorite. ][Nov 15, 2059: Application approved. R. Blacker, Asst. Security Off. Albuquerque Division. Tomlin Corp.]Blacker paused the display. He’d read it many times before. There was no DNA available to indicate that this Wilson person ever existed. There were photographs of her available from 1928 and from her obituary in 1994. Except for hairstyle and clothing, she looked exactly the same in each photograph.He continued the display, looking over the actions he himself had instigated.[June 30, 2060:.