Her niece was, however, a klutz and her magic reflected that. When Avinn tried again, the bowl materialized fully and stayed. Rosemerta reached and p...cked it up. ‘Congratulations, you did it!’ Avinn clapped her hands as she laughingly danced with her aunt. ‘Thank God, I was starting to worry.’ She admitted sheepishly as they settled down. She took her bowl, tossed it up, snapped her fingers and it disappeared. ‘I seem to be able to make things disappear much easier than make them appear.’ . Henry interrupted his thoughts, saying ‘Sir, what is it exactly your mother wished for us to purchase?’ Gerard straightened and smiled crookedly. My, thought Henry, he looks just like his father, God rest his soul. Gerard was indeed a striking young man. He was tall and broad shouldered, with curly black hair that hung to his nape. His eyes were a stormy gray, and his face was angular in an attractively masculine way. ‘I believe,’ Gerard said, ‘that she wished for a leg of lamb. She wants Cook. I’m afraid I gawked. That’s not entirely accurate, I gaped, I stammered and I blushed. Eventually I croaked something out like, “You are umm, certainly quite a woman Sandy”. At the same time I managed to spill coffee on my shirt while knocking a fork onto the floor. My friend laughed and said, “Don’t feel too bad, Sandy tends to have an effect on people”We all shook hands and went our separate ways walking back to work. About a block from the coffee shop, I heard small footsteps overtaking me. “The planet Parthas has three main continents. Most of the settlement is on the largest continent. There are also numerous medium and large size islands. All of the continents show a considerable amount of what can best be described as heavy corrugations, having multiple parallel ridges and valleys across all of the continents. This is believed to have been caused by plate tectonic action in the distant past. However, it has affected how the planet was settled and how their civilization has.