And followed it." "Why don't you begin at the beginning?" said Coyote. He had aninkling that what he would hear would be familiar. "The beginnin'. W...ll, it's like this. Part of the order of nature isforests that don't get too big, and islands that don't appear outta nothin',and women mindin = their menfolk.Leastways around here. We're not quite as magical along the coastline as someo' you other folk. No offense." "None taken." "Well, inside o = one month,nature went out the window. The. Maybe there’s something I can offer for you instead?”“You want to offer me what?” Willow asked flatly.“A clean slate." What's that supposed to mean?"“Something you need. Something you want. I’d be happy to try to oblige you.”"I… don't want anything."She heard him breathe deeply. "Yes... you do," he told her.The knot in her tummy tightened. She understood the sense of repulsion sounding like an alarm in her brain. What she couldn’t understand was the feeling of dreadful temptation swelling. On retrieving the contact number for The Agent, Mike cast out and located him just outside of Washington, DC. On scanning his mind, the picture emerged of a man so given to his Nation that he had been willing to disappear from the face of the Earth and human society to take up this role as The Watcher. Mike was momentarily taken aback by this level of commitment, but then decided that this was exactly the mind set they needed to work with.He then contacted Elnore, sending, 'My Lord, we have. That he wasn't compatible with my intended career. That other, more exciting, people intrigued me. The truth was, I spent a whole lot of time with a lot of really lame men, none of who would ever be able to hold a candle to Frank when it came to knowing and caring about the real me." But what was your reason?" Christy wanted to know. "The real one?" I'll get to that in due time," Allison promised."Anyway, one morning I woke up and just knew Frank was gone. I don't know how to explain it.