Somewhat impressed I said "Well, foreplay is always a winner, but five minutes doesn't seem that long, Rachel needs a good warming up before she's wet...enough for anything", which earned me an elbow to the chest from my sweet wife and her saying "What he's trying to say is five minutes wouldn't even be considered foreplay Eric, let alone getting a girl off"."Well what can I say, I'm just good at what I do", and at that Eric grinned saying "It's not like I can show you anyway, so you just gotta. "Lanno, what are you doing here?"Lanno was startled by the voice and spun around. "Sorry, Vanlo. I, um..." The office is officially closed unless there is an emergency," said Vanlo as he stepped forward."I know!" Lanno sighed. "I know. I just don't want to leave. I don't want to believe it's over."Vanlo folded his hands and nodded sadly. "I understand. I have spent far more years here than I can remember. This place became something of a fixture in my life." He smiled softly. "I had the vague. What was just going to be a night of sex for him and a simple, no feeling thing for me, had changed us both. He told me to go find John, have him get me home and deal with him however I thought best. I went to John's room. He was there and awake and worried that I had been gone all night. I told him I was fine and to get me home, we would talk. So on the way, and at my place, I told him a general story about what had happened, no real specific details. I told him that Brad and I would probably. Perhaps some of their family accompanied them. I guess when you take into account the years Spellblaster had collected souls for his Zibong army, a hundred or even more might not be so hard to believe.Most of the lamps were in one corner where a small group--mostly Mages, from their robes--was huddled together around a familiar figure."PteriDae," I whispered, then made my way across the room, stepping over children wrapped in their parents' cloaks. No true bedding here, the guards must have.