Then she spoke, "This is very, very strange." What is?" This. I'm sitting a guy's lap, cuddling, being fed grapes-a guy I met yesterday! Crash, I don...t do stuff like this. I'm notoriously wary around guys." Well, if it helps any, this isn't my normal MO, either."Jessica sighed. "I'm surprising the fuck out of myself, I'll tell you. Jason, I like you. A lot. The second day I know you. And I don't quite believe it myself."Crash just laughed. "Jessie, I like you a lot, too. We had an instant. Neither one of us would winany of those WHO'S WHO vote or a popularity contest.Kevin would make a perfect 'Harry Potter' double except that he hasflaming red curly hair that with his small stature, makes him more of a'Little Orphan Annie' double.Don't get me wrong, Kevin has NEVER dressed as a girl, but has been PeterPan and a Satyr for Halloween and a play. He is not one to let other'sname calling get to him too much. And why should he when he can trounceanybody who lays a hand on him?Kevin. I see one of them over there, plustwo came in on the busses with me. Any more that you know of?'. 'YeahTeri-just the three so far. But I know the one already here-SonjaTepes. We've had dealings before, and neither of us have any use forthe other. Some day the two of us are really going to get into it, andI'm going to have to do a major penance to the Goddess. I hope it isn'tthis summer. Mom told me she doesn't think any of them areirredeemable, so I can't cripple any of them, let alone. The floor of the cavern lay perhaps half a meter below her; the sloping walls and domed ceiling stretched to what seemed impossibly great distances; and all were aglow with the same phosphorescence that had lighted their way for the last half of their traverse of the passage, but now in waves and ripples of intensity that overwhelmed the senses.And ahead of her were four of the most remarkable creatures she had ever seen. Physically they were cast in the same mold as the males she had met, but.