As for going anywhere public, no. That's simply not possible. Can you imagine, all the pundits and predators in this town screeching that the United S...ates and Switzerland went to dinner! What was Bronstein's secret?" Stop it, Aaron. You'll have me choking in my glass!" Rebecca gasped through her laughter.The Swiss Embassy limousine arrived promptly at 7 o'clock. Ambassador Jacques Levant was also forbidden from driving himself. He was immensely grateful for that. He despised Washington beltway. The coffee had been a little cool when I poured mine, I was sure it was pretty awful by Porter’s time. The coffee sitting on the hot plate might be drinkable by 3PM, I thought.‎Porter shuffled paper for a while then said, “I really need to clear the air between us.”‎‎”No you don’t this is about as friendly as I get with anyone,” I said knowing how he thought I acted different toward him. “There is no offense intended Porter. I realize things are going to be awkward between us. Let’s just go. "What would you suggest?"Barrachus leaned back and took a sip of his drink. "There seems to be different ways of accomplishing the same thing now. I would recommend some simple areas of magical action, such as mind reading and manipulation, maybe healing, combative magicks, perhaps something akin to what the Seers do, like precognition, and necromancy, dealing with spirits and demons. You could go pretty far with just those disciplines."Again Jake considered. What Barrachus said made sense-Jake. There’s stuff that needs doing, but I think it’ll keep for long enough to let us have a bit of a late morning.’ She nodded, hoping that he couldn’t see just how thrilled she was about that prospect. Taeko didn’t mind work at all. She’d been born onto that sort of life anyway, but she had a tiny hope for something else. ‘I do not know about the way that a lot of things are done in your culture, but I know how it goes in mine. I am a little different, I guess, and I know that I have found someone.