Veenalara had been halfway down the steps when this outburst occurred. She stopped and looked at Oranfalin with wide eyes."Is there a problem... ?" sh... asked while giving Oranfalin a look that implied asking what his name was.Oranfalin bowed his head quickly. "I am Oranfalin, Sister. No, no problem at all. Just this human employee of mine has always been good at getting a rise out of me."Alara nodded and continued down the steps. "I see. Well I would like to thank you for your employee's. A small dog barking in Tyler’s Wood. You just moved.” “Pretty good James. You closed your eyes to lose the distraction of sight. You knew the direction of the traffic by the changing engine sound, and the likely size of the dog by the pitch of its bark. You were still seeking other smells. Now we are going to walk slowly. As we do, reach out and touch plants, flowers, stones; anything with texture or colour. Smell the Honeysuckle and feel the flowers. Look closely at the patterns. Watch that. She was perhaps 5’4?, maybe 5’5?, but I doubt she weighed much over 100 lbs. She cast me a nervous glance and smiled quickly as she walked toward the booth in which I sat. As she approached, she lowered her head and her cheeks went flush. She had on a short skirt and large hoop earrings, slut earrings I liked to think. Her long blonde hair was straight and framed her face perfectly, her skin was smooth as porcelain and I instantly wanted to touch her, to run my hand over her flesh. . She walked into the room and immediately felt that odd feeling that she got when hers was the only black face in the crowd. She’d thought she’d gotten over that, but apparently it was resurfacing. ‘Why did he have to choose this place?’ Joanne was about to turn around and leave when she saw Daniel waving at her from a table in the back. She met him at his table after exchanging nods with several people she didn’t know. ‘Cookies,’ he offered when she finally sat down. ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Here,.