. the odds of us surviving this Quest were about nil and none. Trust me! I thought Mother was insane too, when she gave me the recipe ... and more tha... any of us, she would know the real cost!”“She would,” Linda mutter, still aghast in horror as she examined the small bright blue softly glowing glass vial. “But she, more than any of us, can see the long term and understood the big picture. Not just what went wrong today but could be seriously even more fucked up tomorrow. Three drops each .... In the following hour, Tanya was impressed with the expedient manner in which Liz worked, cleaning and "suturing" the suffering animal, then inducing him to ingest the antibiotics to fight infection. And more impressive yet was to see Dusty get to his feet after the operation and curl up on the rug to watch television.Liz looked at Tanya, who returned her smile, and they both laughed."Let's have a drink," Liz said, getting up and going to the kitchen. "I need one." Make mine a double, Dr.. I could see a sheen all over her, like andunlike sweat. It glittered golden in the sunlight, andsmelled like rhododendrons after rain.My mind was divided, like her voice and the stones.Part of it was watching and questioning, feeling scared. Inspite of her assurance that she didn’t want to kill me, I wasbeing held captive for her pleasure, and was being whirledinto sex. There was a panicky feeling, which I didn’tentirely understand. I enjoyed sex; and the Faery Queen,strange as she might be,. Do the two of you do things in private together?" Huh?" Then she turned red again as it dawned on her what he meant. She looked away from him, and spoke, "No, we're waiting until we get married." That's a shame, you don't know what you're missing." I can wait, thank you." Her face became wooden, not pleased with the direction of the conversation."I can show you, if you want." I think I'll go now, thank you very much." She started to get up. As she reached her feet, Bob sank a set of curiosity.