I hope that means everything is okay and you'll be fine. Please don't be mad at the food. I wasn't sure what you would be hungry for or when you'd wa...e up. Take as much time as you need. The room is yours. I'm probably out in the field but will be back around noon. Chris ----- Lynn traced the man's signature with a furred finger. Afraid I'd be upset because he put out vegetables for a cow? She smiled. I like salads anyway. The young woman walked to the doorway, feeling more confident in her. “I will never get tired of kissing you,” I said. “I will never get enough of it.” We kissed again.“Take your T-shirt off so I can feel your skin,” she whispered. That took a split second and for the first time the skin of our bare stomachs touched. I changed position enough to put my right arm under her head as my left continued to stroke her shoulder. Her hands explored my chest and my back as we kissed some more.It was a near perfect world except for the scratching of her bra against my. When I ate at the diner, a Russian mob hit was a possibility. Mostly because I did it often before that morning. I decided to eat less often there. When I needed a greasy burger fix, I would call ahead for take out.It was a good thing. I neither had nor wanted a steady girlfriend. I did still have hopes of a normal home life. Well as normal a home life as possible for a man with a price on his head. It could have been worse. I did have Betty. She was in the same fix as me. She seemed to. ..different."The Tiresian Furlough, as your final task is known, is designed to openyour eyes; to allow you to experience the other side of life for a year'stime, away from the influence of this collegiate establishment. If youare unable to accomplish this allotted time, then you may return here andyour arcane training will be deemed complete, earning you a commission asa task magus. Only if you complete the allotted time will you earn thetitle of full magus and be allowed to continue your.