Leon sighed and ran his mind again over all the events of the previous day. He felt he had so much to discuss with his two nieces... There was a soft ...cratching sound on his bedroom door, and then the door opened. Amy poked her head in, saw Leon was awake and smiled. Then Amy and Mayoni walked in, wearing nothing but their nightgowns. They sat down on either side of his bed.Leon sat up and leaned against the headboard. "Thanks for coming. I was hoping you would. There's so much I have to say to. “I must leave you now to attend to other matters. Unpack your things and grab something to eat from the kitchen if you want. The next meal won’t be served until this evening. When you are ready, go downstairs and get Brooke to give you a uniform and show you around. Remember that Brooke has chosen to join the Slave caste and she will expect you to treat her as such. The sooner you adapt to the lifestyle here, the easier you will find it to assimilate into our ways. I will see you this evening,. The break came when one tried to get past us and fouled the other. Without thinking we both moved and it was over with all the undead guards down. I was unhurt but Cat had a small cut on her arm.I reached out feeling for more of the guards but there were none. I relaxed and retrieved my other sword before facing the kneeling mage, “we are here to free you but you will need to be patient, there are still traps.”She looked at me for a long minute before slowly nodding. I looked at the cut on. ”“What does that mean?” I asked.“I used to do this for a living if you remember. Most people your age are busy finding themselves and their focus is on them. Now and then you’ll see someone become focused on another person, but that normally is part of their ‘winning strategy,’” Uncle John explained.When I stayed with him the summer before high school to get my head on straight, he’d taught me much about life. One of them was the concept of strategies people used in life to win others over. If.