He appeared to be 29 or 30 years old. His hair was a dark auburn as was his mustache, and he had sparkling gray eyes."Please call me Kell," I asked. "...aster O'Connell is so formal. Also allow me to introduce my Apprentices, the Mac Sweeney Sisters, Airmid and Almha," I told them indicating each Sister in turn."The Mac Sweeney Sisters!? From Doe Castle?" Hugh asked, in surprise and a bit confused."Yes!" Airmid answered, "but we were sent away from there when we were about four years old." Hugh. "We'll seeyou then."Yingling shook the offered hand. "Fine, and I'll give you both my_thought-out_ opinion."* * * * *Arnie backed through the door into the kitchen, holding a heavy tray ofglassware. The room seemed empty. "Anybody here?" he askedcautiously."Just me," Jane answered him. She was kneeling down, feeding the firein the wood stove. Her back was to him. "Maggie's in the pantry,getting some more carrots."Arnie nodded. He carried the tray the rest of the way to the sink andset it. "Exactly!" Master Sung squeaked when Sun relayed this to him.Well, let's see if it works in reverse. Ready Darren? Stephanie broke in. After all, you can't stay here. The Secret Service doesn't know you're in the building and god help the gatekeepers if someone finds out you got past them unobserved!Okay, send me back to the others.Together, the two of them thought of Darren standing next to Jun, and suddenly, he was!"Now this could be useful!" Darren laughed as he reappeared. "Imagine a. “No. But we seem to have split the attributes of leadership. Aryth is unquestionably my better in raw strength. But I could breed him under the table.” The three of us tittered at the Great Bull’s declaration, the mental image this statement conjured surely not the one he’d intended. He silenced us with a glare, or at least drove our giggles into hiding behind our hands. “ANYWAY. The third quality, the wisdom to lead, is the one in question. Aryth felt that by banishing me, he had proved his.