Hishair was dirty blonde and he had great blue eyes. As sort of a grungy type,he also needed a shave - but I guess that look is still in. Taylor watch...d me pay for my small black bag of plain M&Ms and then followedme out of the liquor store. I wasn't really worried; after all, he looked harmless. We only got about half a block before he sped up to me, to my side and said "Excuseme." I stopped and turned to him. "Can I ask you for a favor?" I wonder if Taylor ever wished he had not asked that. And now I watched them wrapped so tightly in each other that the world stopped turning. At least until tomorrow morning. An answer formed on my lips and I looked up to an empty space where the man had been. He had no doubt been carried away on a haze of empty Friday night possibilities. He would end up in the curry house with his friends, then to stagger home to his disillusioned wife, a half-watched DVD before sleep overwhelmed him on the sofa, beer-shits in the morning and an enforced day of. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The next day we all paid our respects, and attended the funeral. At theend of which Darklight used his magic to create a clear Crystalline coverover the casket.It was later at the pre-Coronation banquet that I again got a chance tothink about everything. Destinee Arteria looked frightened of her newstatus. Though she only stayed long enough to be introduced, she wastending to Breezer, a Gambichow that was going through theTransformation.I was. I also credit Greg Weisman, John Kovalic and the creators of all the other works mentioned in the text. I don't own any of these people's conceptions and I did not contact any artist other than KMB and Nick Scipio for prior advertising assent. However, all these artisans' labors inspire me. I hope they and their fans will appreciate the ways I have paid them homage here.In my series timeline, you can consider this tale the bridge between "Passion of Erika Christensen" Chapters 4 and 5. I would.