.. you’ve had it much worse than me. Not knowing who my parents are is bad enough, but to find out they’re a couple of complete fucking assholes w...uld be terrible.”He rubbed a hand across his face and said wearily, “It wasn’t really Jessica’s fault ... she was enthralled by my father and basically forced to do whatever he wanted. I guess I can’t really blame him either; Rahn’hagon was just desperate to escape from Xar’aziuth’s control ... and when he realised all his plans had failed, he. '" That too."Both laughed.Just then Heather's voice came over the intercom. "Katie, can you come downstairs. I need to talk to you." Be there in a minute," she called back."So much for another round," said Katie, with a shrug."I really needed to be going anyway," said Mira.Both quickly donned their cheerleader uniforms."We really must do this again, soon," said Katie."I don't know. All my honors classes have me buried in homework." I know. We have practically the same classes. We can study. We provide everything you will need. You can purchase approved food items at the commissary. Do you have any questions mam?"Tiffany responded. "No.. I don't.. sorry." Should she? Was she supposed to negotiate for her makeup back? Her palms were sweaty and she felt like a criminal for some reason. This was awful."Step through the metal detector please."The lady waved her through. Tiffany walked through, relieved that no alarms went off. She wondered if her relief was visible. A male officer. Does this kind of inter-magical speciescooperation happen often?" I asked."No, sadly. But for the last few years I have been part of a group withthe goal to try and get more of us working together. It has not beeneasy. Most magical creatures have become isolated from any not of theirown kind that much suspicion and prejudice has developed. But I believewe actually need each other." Well, I am glad things worked out this time. Those girls are sweet, Iwould have hated to have something happen to.