Matthews. He'll be here momentarily." Yes, Sir."A few minutes earlier, the Administrator's secretary had just walked back into Adair's office to give ...he latest report on the hostage situation. Solomon, nervous, jumped to his feet to badger her with questions she didn't know the answer to. Just as she opened her mouth to tell them the little she knew, Tate pulled the trigger on his .45.The blast of sound from the big-bore weapon echoing through the halls did it. Solomon hissed in a deep breath. I focused on my school. I went to class and came home to study. Shannon showed up and cleaned for me. It wasn't too bad and she finished in just over two hours. She did the laundry and asked why my shirt was missing buttons."Just throw the shirt away." I said."This is a nice shirt. I could buy some buttons and fix it for you." She replied."Shannon, do whatever you want. I have to study now. By the way, I told John to ask you to have a three way with him and Cathy. You better make sure you shave. .. man... doing?" she asked, using her best imitation of a breathy Marilyn Monroe wishing JFK a happy birthday.I looked up at her suspiciously, blinking to bring her into focus."Hmgfhumf." Really? That good, eh?" Hmph." I know what you mean, sweetheart. I hadn't realized tomorrow was paper recycling day either." Oh, son of a..."Before I could complete the oath, she plastered her lips to mine, playfully opening her mouth wide to trap the vowels, narrow enough to catch the consonants.I soon. Shuffling he couldn't identify came from the library before she answered, "It's not intentional, I'm better with physical and natural magics, I've always struggled with mind magics like illusions or divination, and I've never been able to grasp astral magic. You will have to search out masters of those schools if you want to learn them. The curtain is an illusion and isn't much harder than the minor telekinesis cantrip we always use." I'm not sure why, but as long as you've been on this earth,.