" But nobody knows it! Shit, we didn't sweep for bugs!", she growled. "Fuck me! They're going to hit us with everything they have, aren't they?"I shoo... my head slowly and winked at Mr. Jessa."A pickup won't work," Mr. Jessa told me. "Earth First can't afford to let it happen. They'll lose the county if the Confederacy boldly walks in and takes whomever they want." You never believed in Earth First's supposed principles," I said to him. "You consciously worked for what most of them refuse to. "Would you prefer real heels?" Marissa countered with a grin as the wedgesdangled from her fingertips.Christian shook his head as he took the rounded toe wedges from her andworked his contrasting black tight clad feet into them. As he finishedputting the second shoe on, Christian stood up and felt taller than he everhad when he stood next to Marissa. The feeling did not last long, asMarissa soon put on a pair of wedges of her own that reasserted her heightadvantage."How do you feel?" . Other than dinner, nothing else really happened that night. Very exciting. The next day however, I asked Eddie curiously, “do you guys have a new supervisor at work?” He replied to me, “same guy since you left. But hey guess what, Matt is a supervisor in training now! We should celebrate!” Without considering that information whatsoever, I told him, “What? No way! Yeah I’m down. Let’s do something this weekend.” So after congratulating Matt and talking to them about a celebration, the plan. As theglow of white began to recede, Jaux felt her strength decreasing tonormal.Faint black mist began to pour out as Jaux tried to once again cast anaura. The mist refused to burst outwards, and instead just flowed fromher skin to the ground. Jaux was disappointed at this, hoping that auraswould be as easy to use as the curses from her small spellbook."It's alright Suhara, that's very impressive!" encouraged Frey when shesaw Jaux's disappointed face. "I couldn't cast a significant aura.