”“What changed?”Leigh laughed, “Are you kidding? YOU! Everything changed the day you walked into Sensei Ichirou’s dojo. I just didn’t real...ze it until a few weeks ago. Iris and Kassidy noticed, too, but I think they experienced something different. For them, it was total awe over your computer skills and willingness to teach them. Neither of them could even consider the path I followed.”“Did you date much?”Leigh shook her head, “No. My dad preferred we limit that to school events, and for other. The beast had killed Ivar and now Cajsa and Rafal deserved some happiness together. It goes without saying that I practiced my magic skills whenever I could - the only problem was, the only creatures that seemed to be aware of magic - or the fact that somebody was using magic - were cats. I wasn’t really surprised. Cats seemed to like my company and they also seemed able to absorb all the magic drops I left around - and without any effect on them. Maybe I should surround myself with cats and. ”“OK, let’s hear it. This oughta be good.” Howell muttered.“There is a source for personnel that we believe may perform very well with this design and make use of many highly skilled personnel that the Confederacy has not previously taken advantage of. I understand you have the capability to obtain specific individuals if needed for important purposes. Is this not correct?”“Yeah, there’s always OTE, but that’s not my wheelhouse. I don’t do personnel.”“If you are questioned about this, you may. The plan was that I would fly out to see her, and then meet her in town. Even though we’d known each other for a year, she wanted to meet in a public place for obvious reasons.So out I went, and after the plane landed, I felt my heart in my throat. I was nervous! What if she thought I was ugly? What if she was really a big biker guy named Billy? But my worries were put to rest as I got out of the cab and I saw her. She was standing at the fountain we’d planned on meeting at, looking at her.