”“No, that is the end of it.”“Yes, okay, I wear clothes when we go out shopping.”“No ... haven’t you noticed? I got rid of all my old cl...thes. Now everything I own is ... fun.”“No, not really. I think it’s fun!”“So what? If no one else we knew worked in engineering, would you quit your engineering job?”“Oh, honey, I really think you’re overthinking this. I told you, we have a special relationship. Besides, it’s not like you’re not getting anything out of it...”“Not only because he tells me to.. She hasn’t changed, not really. She wears her hair in pigtails now, with the tips died blue. Her arms are half sleeved with tattoos, dragons writhing together in an act of violence or copulation. Otherwise, she is dressed in business clothes, an ankle length black skirt, and a black top with spaghetti straps that shows off her cleavage without quiet being immodest. She no longer wears the nose ring, but I think her ears have even more piercing than before. She is beautiful. We have a beer and. And then Gnusyl the Daggerfang crashed through a foot thick tree to emerge into the tiny clearing. Myka screamed and fled, dropping her knife. Jonar cursed vociferously and chased after her, leaving the surprised Gnath standing half in the clearing and half under the trees through which he had just bulled.Gnusyl, like his friend Jonar, was immature for a Gnath. He still had several seasons left to grow and would only get larger than his already massive shoulder height of seven and a half feet.. The wheelchair wasn’t needed anymore, he could now walk around the ranch for up to an hour before tiring out. Jim was slowly putting on the weight he’d lost while unconscious in the cave. He’d gained almost 20 pounds since his awakening. However, this was his first trip off the ranch. Doc Charley Samuels had returned from Prescott with the results of the blood test and the DNA test about ten days previously. The DNA proved something that William and Lewis already knew, Jim was their direct.