She handed over the paper bag with my seed in it. The Nurse smiled and said, "We will get right on it. Please have a seat and we will call you."Mother...sat beside me and smiled. She picked up a magazine and started to read. It seemed like an hour. The Nurse came to the door and called "Mrs. Adams." Mother rose and motioned for me to follow. The Nurse asked, "Is he coming in?" Mother nodded yes. We stopped while Mother was weighed and had her temperature taken. Then she and I were shown into an. What good that would do, when they did not know how close their destination was, Felek couldn't say. They just had to make up time. The boy seemed OK, for now. At least, no more news had come from the wagon. That was probably the best he could hope for as the shadows lengthened around them.The Kikker girl had not spoken since they had moved on. Even during rests, she kept to herself, eyes taking all of them in. He was starting to believe her, for all she had not given more proof. Surely she was. .. alone." Oh," I nodded. "Right." Hey! Take my motorcycle and go have some fun. Go up to the House and hang for awhile, that's what it's there for." Susan hated asking me to leave, but she wanted to get laid too."Nah. I'll walk." I waved off her keys as Susan held them out. "The exercise will do me good."I dressed quickly, if not carelessly, pulling on some khaki trousers and a big Property of WSU sweatshirt in the school colors of gold and red. I combed my brown hair, which was starting to. The shaman exploded in a ball of fire, and Almo was lucky to be missed by it. Meanwhile, the sphinx continued to throw those purple energy balls at us while the remainder of the demons tried to cut, slash, or stab us with their swords. It did take longer than it would have without the sphinx to eliminate the demons, but the sphinx was finally all that was left.We had seen some of our lightning bolts strike the sphinx, but it was not harmed. I suppose the purple energy absorber, whatever it was,.