I listened as Jill talked about the path her career took after college. I told her that I was still experimenting, and trying t find out enough about ...he world to decide what degree to take in college. The music seemed to get sexier, and then Jill gave me a look that could only be described as sultry. I leaned in closer and smiled. “How do you like the company perks, so far, Amy?” Jill asked in a husky voice,” her eyes narrowing in a sexy way.“I very lucky to have such a great summer job with. I saw them play, and change their bodies. They laughed with the improvements, and corrupted themselves and the world. I envied their ignorant freedom. Thus came the second breakdown. The Magick disappeared. Any people with alterations to their bodies had to remain that way. Enter the vampires, the dragons, the werewolves, the hybrids, the fae and any other of their brethren. All of them had abnormal abilities and changes, all of them were unique. And the world itself sighed a near audible sigh. As I braked, Aurora stood up in her seat and reached over the windscreen. A bolt of blue light shot out from her hand. The light hit the pedestrian in the chest, pushing him clear a microsecond before the Healey would have hit him. We stopped. The man did not appear to have any injuries apart from a few scrapes. Clearly he was intoxicated, which probably helped him to avoid injury on his impact with the footpath. We resumed our journey in silence. Finally Aurora spoke. ‘James, we need to talk.. Weird huh?”“Not weird ... but unusual. For real, just one?”“Yeah, for real. His name was Russell. I called him Russell-Dubby.”“What ... what happened?”She was silent for a few moments. I opened my eyes to see tears streaming down her face.“Oh, baby!” I said, squeezing her even tighter. I held her, and nuzzled her face with mine. I tasted her tears, tasting the salt in them. I knew her tears were full of dead skin cells, from her body. I drank them, I made them part of me. I knew my body would.