"I do, though you have allied yourself witht he Rebel scum, I forgive you all. In fact, I am trying to form a treaty to have the Kath ally themselves ...ith us." I said. "Oh." "Yes." I say. "Now, I have buisness to attend to at the Headquarters, so I have to go. But I will be back when the night sky turns to light. Feel free to do as you wish. I do ask that you stay out of my closet, for that is where I keep my weapons, and you are not permitted there." "Ok." You say as I disappear out. "Here, have something to drink."Slick accepted the water and drank thirstily. He composed himself andasked, "Where is my partner?"Maggie pointed to the bedroom, "He's talking to and consoling Maren.Please keep your voice down."Slick sighed, he had to see for himself and talk to Hound. He got up abit clumsily. His muscles still had some problems with coordination. Heopened the door to the bedroom slowly and quietly. Hound sat on the bedholding the girl in his arms, stroking her tail. 'What was. "She left to get dressed, closing my bedroom door as she left. I pulledon some jeans and a button front blouse and headed to the living room. Iwas told this was not acceptable to try dresses on so it was back to myroom where I put on some hose, a skirt, and heels. I even made sure Ihad a half slip on as Mom said I might need one. At least this time Imust have passed inspection so off we went.I was not happy about all of this but it was obvious it was important toMom so I played the dutiful. Bob's wife and a fine figure of a woman. She was short and pleasingly plump, not fat but plump. She and Bob had been married for as long as Elizabeth and I, not that we were acquainted at that time.Tiny Tim. A figment of asshole's imagination.Our story began on Christmas Day. No ghosts, just a normal Christmas Day. I was at the Church playing Kris Kringle for the little one's, a job that would take me well into the late afternoon.After about an hour, at about 10:30 in the morning, a woman.