I had been walking at the community college gym every day, but hadn't run into that kid Eddie again. It was just as well, I was beginning to feel that...strange, stupid things might have happened.On the three week anniversary of the parking lot incident, I marked it by going to the Cop Out for a beer. I even managed a few dances before I got too exhausted. I was about to leave when Blevins moved across the table to whisper something in my ear. The music was so loud, I shook my head to show that I. The story of Ykir was well known to even the lowest initiate-- their whole society was based on his teachings. He had made the Great Ether accessible to humanity, and his spirit still guarded the Fount of Ascendancy to prevent its misuse-- or so the legend went. Only the Seers really drew upon the Fount with any regularity-- mankind was never meant to handle that kind of power.But this boy? An initiation was a necessary ritual. It made the Ether aware of a practitioner's presence. Only an. Sipping Scotch and just relaxing, enjoying each other's company. Then she totally stunned me with a question. "Can you explain to me how a guy masturbates?" she'd asked. I sat there with my mouth hanging open and finally, being the dumb dork I could be sometimes, said, "It would be a lot better if I showed you." She sat dead still for about 3 seconds looking at me and thinking about it. Then she'd smiled and said very softly, "Okay." She had this look on her face. Surprise, pleasure and. Im tired of talking. For the rest of that drive, I grew more intense in my way of thought, while the others were almost nervous being how we had only talked about doing something like this, almost like they had grown into chiken shit. "Would any of them even fuck her? Even if she wanted them too?" I thought doubting my friends. As we approached the house, we all got out. Walked up to the door and a girl from school, excited to see us, let us in. All of a sudden, my friends were the.