." Atrus said slowly. "Master Falagor is gone..."Anna flashed several signals with her eyes to the rest of the group, and they began to disperse, leav...ng both and Atrus alone. She approached him from behind and circled her arms around his shoulders. He gratefully held her hands against his chest and began to cry. The Champion of the Guardian, the future savior of the realm, the finest warrior chosen by the Gods, was now crying in a mortal girl's embrace."He revived me," he said slowly. "After. "So what do you think?" His voice was slightly deeper than before theswitch while mine was a nearly resonance-free soprano."You were right. I like it." I knew it. I don't know how, just a feeling." Sam had changed his mindabout pronouns a couple of days ago and wanted to be a "he." I suspect thatpart of the decision had come wanting to be in solidarity with me, since Iwas asking to be a "her,." I vastly preferred "she / her," and thepreference had happened pretty early on. But who knows what. . I can't hurt you the way you want me to. Then she went ballistic. She took the full force of her young little body and pushed me on the bed jumped on top of me and said yes you will you will hurt me and you will enjoy it do you undrestand daddy? thats your job now to give me the pain I need!. Ok yea she's all fucked up in the head but if thats what she wants I'm going to give it to her just the way she asked for it. My psycho little gril slut.Having been given my orders I planed on carrying. " His voice was low and rich, but his tone was far too mild for an irate angel."Are you insinuating that I have purposely not prepared any tea?" I asked wryly, trying to diffuse the nerves that this angel inspired in me.Michael frowned and waved a hand. Suddenly, blue sparks erupted from his fingers and blurred towards me at a shocking speed. I barely managed to raise a hand in time to block the spell. My skin fizzled and burned from where the magic had touched my skin. I shook the pain from it.