I was now concerned and curious about how he could have achieved this. We sat drinking coffee and smoking for ages and I learnt that he had never been...with a man before but his ordeal with his ex wife had made him see things differently to his old way. He had started to think about being with a man and slowly he realised that his ingrained nature had always been an unconscious blockade against anything related to homosexual alternatives. Yet he realised that he was at a crossroad in his life. "Are we still on Earth?" What does it matter, geek?" shouted Jack Abbott. He was the classpresident. "Some monster is about to eat us, and you're wondering where weare. You are such a dumb ass!"A couple of the other football players laughed, but then caught themselveswhen they saw Amy glaring at them.Amy ignored Jack and turned again towards Tim. "We are still on Earth, butthe correct question should have been WHEN are we?"Instead of being horrified, Tim just nodded. "That makes sense." If you. “I'm...sorry,” she mumbled, “Who are you?”He frowned, grinning awkwardly. He pointed to himself and said, “Brad. We just met a few minutes ago before that guy came.”Mia nodded slowly as she looked away towards the lounge's exit. “Oh yeah, that guy.”Once more the bell rang.Rubbing his hands together, Brad said, “Shall we begin? I don't want to waste another minute getting to know you.”“No...I don't want to waste another minute, either,” Mia said still looking away.“Great,” he said, “So, then,. Not having a clue about its nature, she turned to hergrandson."Aislin what do you think?"Ignoring the frowns and a couple of unflattering comments, the raven-haired man moved closer. Immediately he understood the crafting skillsneeded to create such a simple stone lay beyond even those who built theKeep that dominated the lands surrounding the village. Knowing betterthan to touch the black stone, he knelt down to study the runes. Theywere in the familiar language of the ancients who once ruled.