“Fine!” She said and smiled a lopsided smirking kind of smile but there was joy in her eyes I stood slowly and still holding her hand I helped Bar... walk up the steps to exit the pool. I bent over to pick up my sodden trunks and I also picked up Barb’s and handed it to her. She looked around and then reached for the pile of towels she had brought with us. As I twisted and wrung out my wet trunks of as much water as I could Barb toweled herself off. I too took a proffered towel and dried off. “You arrived at a fortuitous time. We plan to re-shape four of the pieces of the obsidian that reflects your power. The question is whether that reflective quality is purely a product of the chemical constituents of the glass, or whether its crystalline structure or fine scale surface texture also plays a part. If the former is the case, we simply need to melt the surface of the crater a bit and smooth it as a whole. If the latter is the case, each piece will need to be re-shaped individually,. After Tamarilla had slaked her thirst she returned the flask to Belinda expressing her thanks.The rest of the women had taken a much needed drink and were stretching the muscles of their legs while they waited for Tammi. She climbed to her feet and raised an eyebrow to Lindi. "Let's go, the way out is not far now." The group followed Belinda's cute young form down the passage.A while later they saw the door at the end to the passage. Tamarilla let out a sigh of exhaustion and said, "Finally.". Helen lay on the grass holding her arms open for Steve, but when he made to lie on top of her she pulled him down beside her instead."In a minute, Steve, let me just say something first."He looked at her puzzled, but nodded his agreement."Let me first say thank you for bringing me here tonight." She placed a finger across his lips to silence his response. "It really has been quite an eye-opener for me. I have seen things, both in the park and in me, that I never dreamed existed. Up till now.