Will you take me?" I will, Megan dearest. Well, except for when I have to share you with your Dad and your brother, that is," he said with a slight sm...rk."Oh! You nasty man! You were being so romantic and then you had to start teasing me," she pouted."I'm sorry, sweetness." You are forgiven, and I guess you will have to make another note to add some spanks to the punishment you owe me. Just look at me! Taking my Lord and Master to task just because he teased me a little bit. You are going to. What would normally happen if a lone anthropologist discovers something on 2214?”“Well,” Whitworth responded while dragging out the word, “if he/she thought that whatever she discovered was of consequence, she might well report it to her peers and a team would...” After breaking off, he grinned at his Colonel. “Hmmm. My little lady scientist is working on her doctorate. Might be that she has discovered something that will help her finish her work.”“You just mentioned a team,” Jeff said. “What. Wait ... I haven't spoken to Suzanne and Kelley wasn't especially impressed when I told her Megan was blond. You're all making more of this than it warrants." Would you like for me to talk to Kelley, sweetie? I can assure her that you may be dumb, but you're not stupid." You stay out of this, Marcie. I'm perfectly capable of talking to my girlfriend."We agreed that we were both useless when it came to advising one another and ended the call, laughing of course.Kelley called later that night and. And did you notice that neither of us had to cast Pure Breath, nor did we have to cast Levitate, either here or at Laylas. The Curse...”“The Blessing.” Talia interrupted with a giggle.“You’re right. The Blessing cast them automatically. I think it even Levitated our weapons.”“It must have if you didn’t do it, for I didn’t either.”“What are they doing down there?” he asked in a sudden change of subject as he noticed movement below the west rim. “That’s Gran, and Kragorram and Povon, but I don’t.