For some reason, when she woke up this morning, Piper had come up with all these, and a dozen more.”“Oh, THAT’S why she was screaming this morni...g, not from...”“Tickle attack last night, tickle attack this morning. I think she’s got it out of her system. I hope so, anyway. My fingers are almost as tired as my tongue.”“Now that was just too much information, boss.”James was just shaking his head. “Remind me when we get back to CIT to have a very long talk with Jerome. I need to be getting. ‘Mom certainly never warned me that anything like this was ever going to happen.’ ‘Okay,’ said Gwen, actively seeking a plausible answer. ‘We know that we aren’t dreaming – that cigarette was the real thing! Let’s call it magic, then!’ ‘Magic? Don’t be silly!’ ‘Wait a minute, though,’ said Gwen thoughtfully. ‘You told me that your Mom has some very old books, yes? Grammars or something, you called them?’ ‘Grimoires, yes,’ said Angela. ‘But I don’t see the connection.’ ‘Well, perhaps someone. " I nodded. "Your story is one 'for the ages' because you two are so well-known. I hope to maintain a lower profile though Mom Mel doesn't seem to offer much hope on that."I think Tomas may be the one but we need some time. I think this trip will provide enough time but we'll see. He still has to learn a lot about how to treat women and me if things are going to work for us. The emotion is there but the living is still to be determined. He does have a good touch but I can keep my head."Mallard. “OK, let’s do this: Get those six over here and outfitted with whatever protective equipment they need. Set up that HAZMAT area to safely store this stuff and we’ll work out with the AI how this test can be done without killing a bunch of people and irradiating the whole damned base. If the AI approves the safety measures, we can proceed.”“Yes, sir.”“AI, what’s the damage from having this stuff show up like this?”He turned to Hiro. “You two need to learn that you just can’t have stuff arrive.