."Will this do?" "Admirable" said Mark, they went to the Counter, the assistant asked if they rode a lot. "No, said Jenny, the whip is for my bottom w...enever he feels like dealing with me!" The young female assistant blushed and said " Oh ! I've gone all funny hearing that, good job it's my lunch hour now I can get over it!" Jenny said " We are off to meet Cheryl and Wendy, round the corner you can come with us if you like" "OK" the girl said " My name is Celia, I would love to come!" She said. ' he thought, letting his gaze trail over her as she nervously played with a strand of her long blonde hair."So this is real right?" She asked "Not some kind of joke?" Not at all," he grinned, leading her back behind the counter and into the door beyond. They walked down a hallway, stopping briefly as he told a passing employee to man the counter for a while. The employee winked at her as he ran past towards the door, and into the storefront."So how is this going to work?" she inquired,. Cheri held the necklace up and said " no it is mine we all haveone. It is a fulcrum for our power.". Cheri placed the necklace on Cam'sforehead and said " Sue wanted this and Sue is the boss.". Cam's worldwent dark and he floated in a dreamless sleep.****Cam awoke with sun coming beaming in a strange hotel room, Cam leaned upon a strange bed remembering the strange last memories that ran in hismind. Cam saw a naked young woman with shoulder length dark hair lookingback at him with her slight. To his right were the few members of the House Thresh that lived on this backwater. There was Gimtar Thresh, a half-dragon, half-elf who looked as if she ritually starved herself (in truth, her pinched expression was just a feature of a personality that could shatter entire planets.) And next to her was a large black egg with a bow-tie affixed gently onto the top.Ugh.She hated dining with babies. They were always so messy.Next to her, Merton had actually done a halfway respectable job in.