” I began to be curious. “Have you ever had sex?” I asked her in retort. “Well, no, but I’m also holding out for someone who w...uld really make giving myself away worth while.” This conversation was getting to be really deep for Keira. “Who’s that” “Beats me, do you know Collin?” It’s almost as if ‘Collin’ was the answer to her question. She was really implying something. “Collin, you and I are brother and sister right?” I nodded my head. “And you know how much. Meanwhile, two-year-old Tina sat in her high chair, picking away at a bowl of chopped-up pasta and meatballs, her bib stained bright orange."You know, Pat," Javier started, "Hilda is over the moon about the deal that you and Derek worked out. She was really in a bind, and it seemed like there was no way out. Now, she's in a far better situation than she was before." She told me," Lupe added, "that she had always wanted to open up a store here in Albuquerque, but those cheap owners would never. Dev noted that the stables were not grown from a tree, but were built of stone. The roof was some sort of slate. Apparently elves did use 'dead' timber in construction after all, just not often.Dev asked a groom what breed these horses were and he replied with a word that Dev didn't know. He made a mental note to ask his grandfather what it meant, later. As Dev was getting hungry and the sun was setting, he returned to the palace for the evening meal.While elves did eat some meat, it was rarely. We were all high school kids, but we had to take it seriously. That was alright, though. The job was enjoyable, although it didn’t pay much. I didn’t need much, either. I remember the first time around, it basically kept gas in my mom’s car and enough dough to take a girl out for a date. I was a man of simple tastes. It was such a small operation that the owner paid us in cash and coin, in an envelope, with the payroll deductions handwritten on the back of an order slip. I usually worked three.