"I think we're hungry." I said."You should be." Warup said. "You spent eleven days in the middle of the sea. You were both incredibly close to death w...en you finally broke through."We spent three weeks underground, tended to by the Kirikk, Warup's people, who were one of the many sub-groups among the Shar. They were amazing healers, and that was why we had been brought to them before we began our trial in the Deep Stone Sea. Trial might not be the right word. Tempering was closer to what the. ?No problem Missy?, I insisted and began to untie her sneaker. She tried one last time to pull her foot away, but my grip on her ankle prevented that. I got the shoe off and sat it beside me on the bench. She sighed in relief. Then I smiled and said, ?Well I don’t see any boulder.? She shook her foot and said, ?Maybe it’s still in my shoe.? I was rubbing her toes as I held the shoe to my eye level. I pretended to be looking for a rock, when actually I was deeply sniffing her essence into. Bradley, I feel comfortable talking to you too.”“Well I’m glad we’re both so comfortable, especially since we’re both sitting here naked,” Charlotte said with a laugh, and then she asked, “So do you?”“Do I what,” Tyler asked.“Do you masturbate every day like Jamie?” she asked bluntly.Once again the teenager felt the color rising in his cheeks, but he was also aroused by the fact that Mrs. Bradley was talking so openly about sex with him, so he took a deep breath and said, “I don’t know about. "Good Eve, Richard! How is my favorite bar patron?" A man's voice rang out. It had only taken a wink before I'd recognized the voice, and groaned in disgust. T'was Jonathon Paisley, a man that I'd detested for years, out to oversee the preparations of the Harvest Festival.I watched as he trotted up, as pompous as ever, followed, like usual, by Father Kimbell."Good Eve, Jonathon. Father. I see the decorations are almost complete. I would've thought that with all the talk of witches and goblins,.