He was chilled to the bone from the storm and from hearing her confession. Outside he could hear the claps of thunder and lightning echoing through th... old little church. He sat in the front pew with his coffee thinking about her.When he was done, he walked to the Virgin Mary and knelt down to pray. He decided to go back into the confessional and wait awhile. 'She might be back.' He thought. So he sat and waited.She walked all over the small little town, very distressed, sobbing and praying.. You know I can bowl 300, you've seen how good I am at soccer, and there are probably dozens of different sports that I could be the world's number one at. I've no interest in doing that, but I could if I wanted. -- "And a third area that NP is really good at is one that I demonstrated to you guys earlier, but I'm pretty sure you were too distracted to notice. I'm very, very good at defending myself. I was chained to a chair so I couldn't move my arms or legs more than an inch, but when two. Peter was surprised."What skills are you talking about, sir?" Please, don't play stupid. We've monitored your activitiesthese past three years. Our project knows about your'quest'." Why my skills?" Your warrior-magician skills haven't been put to the testsince we first detected you. Thugs, murderers, and rapistsare nothing. Stop wasting your time and go for the bigprize." Which is?" Something like the so-called Entity you fought. Achallenge." How do you know about that?" Interviews, son.. They have to. They have to know what they’re getting into being with me.”“Why?”“I’m ... good with women.”“You know how to pleasure them.”“That too.”“What else?”“We ... love each other. And that’s never about just sex.”“Something we grown-ups have to figure out.”“True. I guess I figured that out earlier than most.”“By having lots of sex.”“By cherishing them.” He showed her the pictures of Cheryl.“She’s adorable.”“I married her when I was eighteen. I was seeing her at the time,” he showed her.