“Go on.” Rael leaned forward and stared intently at the old man. “Mind you, I’ve only heard whispers of this spell. My Father spoke of it, onc.... He was no mage, but he was fond of researching magical arts, you see. He spoke of a spell that was both a spell of wasting, and a spell of sealing at once. He saw it used, in his youth, to cause a man’s wound to seal up over itself, while rotting and festering and decaying from the inside. Some way to seal the rot inside the body and let it corrupt and. He thought it best to be out of the way so his mom doesn’t trip on him in the middle of the night.Had he put his bedding between the two beds, he would have noticed clothes his mom had worn that day. They were in a heap next to the nightstand.Exhausted, Josh fell asleep to the sound of the TV. Tom was watching some old western.There were a couple of times Josh woke up in the middle of the night, but the TV was on and hotels are full of noises. Had he sat up, he would have noticed that Tom was. We agreed that we both liked them a lot but decided we should check a few other stores first. So, she removed them, put her oh so sexy shoes back on, and off we went out into the mall.The next stop was Aldo. While they didn't have much in real leather she did opt to try on a rather naughty pair of otk boots with rather high heels and strap details around the shafts. This time the salesgirl, probably in her 20's and quite attractive, helped her on with them. Knowing that was she was naked. ‘I forgive you,’ and then more forcefully, ‘I forgive you!’ Phoenix wiped her tears on a pillowcase as a voice echoed inside of her head ‘Those eyes weren’t meant to cry.’ It was time to let go of the past, and embrace the future. ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` An insistent knocking dragged Phoenix out of her nostalgic reverie. Judging by the tail wagging that accompanied RD’s barks, the visitor was someone familiar. Phoenix didn’t feel like company, but it didn’t look like she had a choice. Whoever.