Elly was in control, from the back of his mind, through every nerve, muscle and bone. She was the dominant one.His hands shook as he knelt over the c...ses and for one moment Elly had thought he might break down in tears. He wiped the sweat from his face and muttered something under his breath and then the first case was open and it was like a flood tide sweeping over him. Poor Tom. A victim of his own femininity. She wasn't impressed with his first effort. He was over eager and out of. " Roger admitted."Surely you knew better than to expect a brass band," she replied."I expected it to be rough at first, but it's been two months and it just goes on and on. I don't really mind, except that I haven't made any friends in the last two months, except you." He suddenly laughed, "I'm not even sure we are friends." I think we are, and if I had a daughter. To be honest I would discourage her from dating you." Hillary said."There is such a thing as too much honesty," Roger said."So are. But not in strength. There's a huge difference between Kamatari the Great Scythe of the Ten Swords and an ordinary swordsman.Kaoru (under her breath): Misao, look at his weapon.Misao: The scythe? What about it?Kaoru: I'm guessing it weighs around eight kan. That would definitely put it in the class of heavy weapons. So it's got a lot of power, but it'll be used in huge swings that leave a lot of holes in his guard. If we aim there... I'll be the bait and draw him out. You take your chance to. C.can we talk?” I asked looking down a bit. “About what?” He questioned raising an eyebrow. “Um..a..about….my grades!” I finally came up with an reasonable answer realizing we were still in school. “Oh..I see. Alright, come in.” He said holding the door open for me as I walked inside. He shut the door and walked back to him desk looking through some papers he was grading. I waited a bit before speaking. “Jacob I…” Before I could get my sentence out he stopped me. “Mr..