There were two long lines of both Novices as well as Attendings, each one seated there in the hallway just outside the dining area. For the first time...ever, I now realized that every Novice as well as every Attending there could possibly be were here tonight. Many having come in from the city in order to be here for whatever reason. But even more curious as I approached, glad to see both Deidra as well as Bella standing next to the double wide doors waiting for me, likewise wearing almost. When she was finished, she crawled up to the pillow and lay on his shoulder again. ‘How do you make us look so young when we are so old?’ he asked again expecting only that strange smile. ‘The reality is that we are perpetually young’ she said matter-of-factly. ‘We only look old when others see us because that is what they expect.’ ‘So why do we often look old when we are alone?’ She did that mysterious smile saying ‘That’s a little trick of mine.’ ‘Why didn’t you tell me this before?’ ‘You. "Still ... you are a very good witch ... and very good at other things, I know. Yes. You may come back..." Thank you, master!" ... as our chief Morale Officer." I would be hon-- um ... er, my lord, what does a 'Morale Officer' do?" Why, welcome new revolutionaries to our organization, of course. Welcome them in all ways. Ah, I see you understand me. Yes. And then you will be further responsible for Staff Retention, which means you'll want to guarantee that each of our members wants to stay for. No, he couldn’t do that either. It was best just to wait it out, and do nothing. Keep claiming that they were all right, and should be calling at anytime. This would buy him some time, but that was all. Eventually, when the women didn’t show up, the judge would probably smarten up, and issue an all points bulletin to find the girls in the state Jason had claimed they were in, if he hasn’t already, but they would never be found, and eventually, even without the bodies, he would be locked up for.