“Not bad.” I wasn’t in the mood for the whole run around that was always a part of the sales pitch but I knew he was just trying to make a livin.... “Glad to hear it. So can I interest you in a whole package today? For only 30 dollars more we can do several costume changes and several background changes.” “Thanks but no. We are only getting the headshots for the Apple Days Festival nothing else.” I caught movement out of the corner of my eye and looked up to see my sixteen year old daughter walk. Cellus, Ab’s best friend who lived just south of his grant, was older and had a family and a real cabin. Ab was still living in the tent with a pile of branches around it and over it. Tina, Cellus’s wife, had helped farm until she got too big with her second child. They’d taken their cotton to Mr. Green together, and Cellus had brought more cotton than he had. After the general got paid, though, it looked like Cellus didn’t get much cash. Well, Ab hoped he had enough money to buy a plow.They. ”― Dan Chaon, Await Your ReplyThe Cruise Ship ‘Dream Queen’:Restaurant, The Golden Room“Hi Yvonne, how are you this morning?”“I am fine Annie, I had a wonderful time with Donnie after we all left the nightclub. He is a fabulous dancer. I am going to miss this cruise ship so much. I have had such a good time, it is such a pity that we have to get back to Cassiopeia. This has been a great vacation. I don’t know which planet was my favorite, I would be happy to go back and visit all of them.“I am. But no, of course not! All they cared about was how evil it was and the fact that I borrowed a Keldrin crystal from their reserve to animate it. Keldrin crystals, gems of immense power and very handy to perform rituals or create artefacts, you would think they would store them more safely. I didn't wait for my hearing before the council, those never go well, the old bearded mages on it are too close minded. I knew that I would be expelled and banished (some stupid edict outlawing necromancy.